23.—(1) The attendance of a member of a police force at one of the following meetings of the Scottish Police Federation, that is to say, a quarterly meeting of a branch board, an ordinary meeting of a central committee, a meeting of the conferences arrangements committee, the annual meeting of the joint central committee with the joint central committee of the Police Federation for England and Wales and the central committee of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland or the annual meeting of a central conference shall be treated as an occasion of police duty.
(2) Subject to the approval of the chief constable, the attendance of a member of a police force at an additional meeting of a branch board of the Scottish Police Federation or at a meeting of a committee of a branch board shall be treated as an occasion of police duty.
(3) Subject to the approval of the Scottish Ministers, the attendance of a member of a police force at a meeting of the Scottish Police Federation, other than such a meeting as is mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2), shall be treated as an occasion of police duty.
(4) In this regulation “branch board” means the branch board mentioned in regulation 7(1) of the Police Federation (Scotland) Regulations 1985(1).
S.I. 1985/1531.