There is specified as an approved duty for purpose of the payment of travelling and subsistence allowances attendance at:-
(i) a meeting of the Authority or of any Committee or Sub-Committee of the Authority or of any other body to which the Authority makes appointments or nominations or of any Committee or Sub-Committee of such body.
(ii) any other meeting the holding of which is authorised by the Authority or by any Committee or Sub-Committee of the Authority or a joint Committee of the Authority and one or more Authorities or a Sub- Committee of such a Joint Committee provided that it is a meeting to which members of at least two political groups have been invited.
(iii) a meeting of any association of authorities of which the Authority is a member save the following:
meetings of the Local Government Association and its Committees in cases where expenses are paid by the Association.
(iv) meetings of a non-commercial and non-political nature with Ministers, Members of Parliament, European Members of Parliament, representatives of Government Departments and representatives of major companies who have an involvement in public transport matters by the Chair, Deputy-Chair and Leaders of minority political groups, or their nominees, individually, in pairs or as a group, as representatives of the Authority, for the purpose of discussing matters which relate to the functions of the Authority or of a District Council in which the Authority has an interest in the particular function involved.
(v) conferences, seminars and study courses only when the Clerk is satisfied that they represent value for money and are being held for the purpose of discussing matters which relate to the functions of the Authority or any functions of the local authorities in which the Authority has an interest.
(vii) at representative functions, official functions, responding to invitations to meet and/or address voluntary and other organisations, site visits and meetings with officers subject to the prior agreement of the Clerk.
