10Disclosure of pecuniary and other interests

10 Disclosure of pecuniary and other interests

10 Disclosure of pecuniary and other interests

(1) This clause applies if—

(a) the advocate has a direct or indirect pecuniary or other interest in a matter about which the advocate is advising, or is about to advise, the Minister, and

(b) the interest appears to raise a conflict with the proper performance of the advocate’s duties in relation to advising on the matter.

(2) For the purposes of subclause (1), the advocate is not taken to have a pecuniary or other interest if the interest is so remote or insignificant that it could not reasonably be regarded as likely to influence the advice the advocate might give to the Minister.

(3) The advocate must, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to the advocate’s knowledge, disclose the nature of the interest to the Minister.

(4) It is sufficient disclosure of the nature of an interest relating to a specified company, body or person that arises after the date of the disclosure if the advocate has disclosed that the advocate—

(a) is a member, or is in the employment, of the company or other body, or

(b) is a partner, or is in the employment, of the person, or

(c) has some other specified interest relating to the company, body or person.

(5) If a disclosure made under this clause relates to a matter about which the advocate is advising, particulars of the disclosure must be included in the advice to the Minister about the matter.

cl 10: Ins 2021 (525), Sch 1[4].