http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/39/section/1Police Act 1972 (repealed 22.8.1996)An Act to relax the prohibition on the Police Federation for England and Wales or the Police Federation for Scotland being associated with any body or person outside the police service.1979-05-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2011-05-261996-08-22 11Section 44 of the Police Act 1964 (Police Federations) shall be amended as follows.2In subsection (2) after the words “of, and” there shall be inserted the words “subject to subsection (2A) of this section”.3After subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection:— “ (2A) The Secretary of State from time to time may authorise a Police Federation or a branch thereof to be associated with a person or body outside the police service in such cases and manner, and subject to such conditions and restrictions, as he may specify and may vary or withdraw an authorisation previously given; and anything for the time being so authorised shall not be precluded by subsection (2) of this section. ”Act repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103(3), 104(1), Sch. 9 Pt. IThe text of s. 1 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.1964 c. 48.