28Disclosure of interests

#### 28 Disclosure of interests (1) A member who has an interest in a matter being considered, or about to be considered, by the Agency must, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to the member’s knowledge, disclose the nature of the interest at a meeting of the Agency. (2) The disclosure is to be recorded in the minutes of the meeting and, unless the Minister or the Agency otherwise determines, the member must not: (a) be present during any deliberation of the Agency in relation to the matter; or (b) take part in any decision of the Agency in relation to the matter. (3) For the purposes of the making of a determination by the Agency under subsection (2) in relation to a member who has made a disclosure under subsection (1), a member who has an interest in the matter to which the disclosure relates must not: (a) be present during any deliberation of the Agency for the purposes of making the determination; or (b) take part in the making by the Agency of the determination. (4) For the purposes of this section, a member is to be taken to have an interest in a matter if, and only if: (a) the member has a material personal interest in the matter; or (b) the matter concerns a particular sport and the member participates in, or is involved in any way in the administration of, that sport; or (c) the matter concerns a particular sporting organisation and the member is a member of, or is involved in any way in the administration of, that organisation; or (d) the matter concerns a particular sporting event or sporting venue and the member is involved in any way in the administration of that event or venue; or (e) the matter concerns a particular competitor and the member is related to, or has some involvement in the affairs of, that competitor. (5) For the purposes of subsection (4), if: (a) the Agency has entered into: (i) a contract for the provision of drug testing services; or (ii) a contract for the provision of safety checking services; and (b) under the contract, the Agency has given, or could give, a request to a person to provide a sample; the person is taken to be a competitor.