Meetings of the Police Federation treated as police duty23

1

The attendance of a member of a police force at any of the following meetings of the Police Federation for England and Wales shall be treated as an occasion of police duty—

a

a meeting of a branch council or a committee of a branch council;

b

a meeting of a metropolitan executive committee;

c

a meeting of a branch board or a committee of a branch board;

d

a meeting of the national council or a committee of that council;

e

a meeting of the national board or a committee of that board;

f

the annual conference;

g

a meeting of the national board with the Joint Central Committee of the Scottish Police Federation and the Joint Central Committee of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland.

2

Subject to the approval of the chief officer, the attendance of a member of a police force at an additional meeting of a branch council or a branch board of the Police Federation for England and Wales or at a meeting of a committee of a branch council or branch board is to be treated as an occasion of police duty.

3

Subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, the attendance of a member of a police force at a meeting of the Police Federation other than a meeting referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) is to be treated as an occasion of police duty.