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Care and Protection of Children Act 2007
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220 Disclosure of interest
(1) A member who has a direct or indirect interest in a matter to be
considered by the Committee must disclose the interest to the
Committee.
(2) The disclosure must be recorded in the Committee's minutes.
(3) The member:
(a) must not take Part in any deliberation or decision of the
Committee about the matter; and
(b) must be disregarded for the purposes of constituting the
quorum of the Committee for the deliberation or decision.
(4) The Committee may decide subsection (3) does not apply to the
matter.
(5) However, the decision must be deliberated and voted on in the
absence of the member.