3.—(1) The Police Regulations 2003(1) are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 23(2) (meetings of the Police Federation treated as police duty) substitute—

“Meetings of the Police Federation treated as police duty

23.—(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.”