No 3344583The Companies Act 1985Company Limited By Guarantee And Not Having A Share CapitalMEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATIONof THE ASSOCIATION OF CHIEF POLICE OFFICERS OF ENGLAND,WALES AND NORTHERN IRELANDIncorporated on the 1

day of April 1997This version was accepted by a ballot of members in October 2006.

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION1.The name of the Company (hereinafter called “the Company”) is “The Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland”.2.The registered office of the Company will be situated in England and Wales.3.The Statement of Purpose for the Company is: “The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) is an independent, professionally ledstrategic body. In the public interest and, in equal and active partnership with Governmentand the Association of Police Authorities, ACPO leads and coordinates the direction anddevelopment of the police service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In times of national need ACPO, on behalf of all chief officers, coordinates the strategic policingresponse.” 4.The objects for which the Company exists are:(a)To provide strong and visible leadership to the Police Service of England, Walesand Northern Ireland, inspiring confidence in those we lead, our partners andthe diverse communities we serve.(b)To ensure, with our partners, that the development of Doctrine for the service isconducted in a professional and co-ordinated manner, supporting the continuousimprovement of policing for the benefit of the communities that we serve.(c)To be recognised as a principal voice of the service by those seeking aprofessional view on all policing matters, including the government, the mediaand the agencies with whom we work, both nationally and globally.(d)To co-ordinate the strategic policing response, in times of national need, onbehalf of all chief officers.(e)To support and encourage our members in achieving and continuouslydeveloping the highest professional knowledge and standards of performance.(f)To provide appropriate member services to our members.2

(g)To continue to develop our business activities to ensure that the ACPO brandname is recognised globally as a mark of excellence in policing.And the Company shall have the following powers exercisable in furtherance of its said object or incidental or conducive to it but not otherwise, namely:(a)to purchase, take on lease, or in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire real or personalproperty and rights or privileges, and to construct, maintain and alter buildings orerections;(b)to sell, let or mortgage, dispose of or turn to account all or any of the property orassets of the Company;(c)to purchase or otherwise acquire plant and machinery including computer hardwareand software, furniture, fixtures, fittings and all other effects of every description and toapply for registration of any patents, rights, copyrights, licences and the like;(d)to borrow or raise money on such terms and on such security as may be thought fitwith such consents as are required by law;(e)to take and accept any gift of money, property or other assets whether subject toany special trust or not;(f)to issue appeals, hold public meetings and take such other steps as may be required forthe purpose of procuring contributions to the funds of the Company in the shape of donations, subscriptions or otherwise;(g)to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, bills,cheques and other instruments and to operate bank accounts;3