Part 20DISCLOSURE OF EMPLOYEES’ FINANCIAL INTERESTS

PART 20—DISCLOSURE OF EMPLOYEES’ FINANCIAL INTERESTS 20.1 Interpretation (1) In this clause the term employee includes a person who, under a contract for services with the Local government, provides advice or a report on a matter. (2) An employee who has an interest in any matter in respect of which the employee is providing advice or a report directly to the Council or a committee shall disclose the nature of the interest when giving the advice or report. (3) An employee who discloses an interest under this clause must, if required to do so by the Council or committee, as the case may be, disclose the extent of the interest. (4) An employee if called upon to disclose the extent of an interest shall disclose full detail including the value and amount of the interest so as to enable the meeting to make a fair and informed evaluation of the nature and extent of the employee’s interest and any effect that interest might be thought to have upon the advice or report given. (5) The details of the interest of an employee disclosed under the preceding provisions of this clause shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting relating to the disclosure. (6) If, under Division IV of the Act, an employee has been delegated a power or duty relating to a matter and the employee has an interest in the matter, the employee must not exercise the power or discharge the duty and— (a) in the case of the CEO, must disclose to the Mayor the nature of the interest as soon as practicable after becoming aware that the CEO has the interest in the matter; and (b) in the case of any other employee, must disclose to the CEO the nature of the interest as soon as practicable after becoming aware that the employee has the interest in the matter. (7) The requirement to disallow an interest under this Part does not apply to the public question time period of a meeting unless a question is directed to an employee with an interest in the matter being the subject of the question. In these circumstances, the employee will declare the interest and another employee present at the meeting will be allowed to respond to the question.