A Commissioner who attends a meeting of the Protection Commission, the expert committee, or the Policy Council; or a person who attends a meeting of the Protection Commission, the expert committee, or the Policy Council pursuant to Article 7-9 (2) of the Act may be paid allowances, travel expenses, and other necessary costs within budgetary limits: Provided, that this shall not apply where any public official attends a meeting directly related with his or her own work.