The Police Federation Regulations 1969

5.—(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, rules may be made by the appropriate rule-making body mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) as respects—

(a) the conduct of elections to a specified body, and

(b) the circumstances and manner in which casual vacancies thereon are to be filled, whether the vacancy occurs as a result of the death or resignation of a person or in consequence of any provision of these Regulations.

(2) The appropriate rule-making body shall be—

(a) in relation to a branch board, that board;

(b) in relation to the election of male delegates to a central conference by a particular branch board and to casual vacancies among those delegates, that board;

(c) in relation to the election of female delegates to a central conference and casual vacancies among those delegates, the joint central committee;

(d) in relation to the conferences arrangements committee, the joint central conference;

(e) in relation to the election of members of a central committee by a central conference and casual vacancies among those members, that central conference.