The Minister may pay—
(a) to members of any of the following bodies constituted under the 1947 Act, that is to say—
(i) the Scottish Health Services Council, any standing advisory committee constituted under section 2 of that Act to advise the Minister and that Council, any committee appointed by that Council under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to that Act and any sub-committee appointed by any such standing advisory committee under the said paragraph 4 ;
(ii) a Regional Hospital Board, a Board of Management and any committee appointed by virtue of paragraph 2(b) of Part IV of Schedule 4 to that Act;
(iii) an Executive Council, any joint committee established for the area of two or more such Councils under section 32(4) of that Act, the Scottish Dental Estimates Board, and any committee appointed by virtue of paragraph 4(b) of Schedule 6 to that Act;
(iv) the Scottish Medical Practices Committee and the Tribunal constituted under section 43 of that Act;
(b) to members of a body not so constituted, being a body specified in an order made by the Minister as being a body recognised by him to have been formed for the purpose of performing a function connected with the provision of services under the 1947 Act;
such travelling and other allowances, including compensation for loss of remunerative time, as he may, with the approval of the Treasury, from time to time determine.
The Minister may pay to members of any of the following bodies, that is to say, the Scottish Dental Estimates Board, the Scottish Medical Practices Committee, the said Tribunal, and any other body constituted under or by virtue of Part IV of the 1947 Act, being a body specified in an order made for the purposes of this subsection, with the approval of the Treasury, by the Minister, such remuneration as he may, with such approval, from time to time determine.
Allowances shall not be paid under subsection (1) above except in connection with the performance of such powers or duties, in such circumstances, as may, with the approval of the Treasury, be determined by the Minister.
Any payments made under this section shall be made at such times and in such manner, and subject to such conditions as to records, certificates or otherwise, as the Minister may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.
This section applies to Scotland only.