Police Service of Northern Ireland Regulations 2005

Meetings of Police Association treated as police duty

22.—(1) The attendance of a member at one of the following meetings of the Police Association shall be treated as an occasion of police duty—

(a)in the case of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland—

(i)meetings of a regional board or the annual conference of members of the regional boards;

(ii)an ordinary or annual meeting of the central committee or a sub committee meeting of the central committee;

(iii)subject to the approval of the Chief Constable, an ad hoc meeting or committee or sub committee meeting of a regional board or the central committee;

(b)in the case of the Superintendents' Association—

(i)six one-day meetings annually of the executive committee;

(ii)any such additional meetings of the executive committee as may be held with the permission of the Chief Constable where he is satisfied that such meetings are necessary in the public interest and that the business for which they are called cannot reasonably be deferred until the next ordinary meeting of the committee; and

(c)in the case of the Chief Police Officers' Staff Association—

(i)six one-day meetings annually of the executive committee;

(ii)the annual meeting of the annual general meeting.

(2) The attendance of a member at the annual meeting of the Joint Central Committee with the Joint Central Committee of the Scottish Police Federation and Joint Central Committee of the Police Federation of England and Wales, shall be treated as an occasion of police duty.

(3) Subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Chief Constable, the attendance of a member at a meeting of the Police Association, other than such a meeting as is mentioned in paragraphs (1 or 2), shall be treated as an occasion of police duty.