Sch 1 s 15Disclosure of interests

Sch 1 s 15 Disclosure of interests

15 Disclosure of interests

(1) A member attending a meeting must make a disclosure if—

(a) the member has an interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered at the meeting, and

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

(2) The member must make the disclosure as soon as practicable after the relevant facts have come to the member’s knowledge.

(3) The member must disclose the nature of the interest.

(4) A member is taken to have an interest in a matter if one or more of the following have an interest in the matter—

(a) a relative of the member,

(b) a partner or employer of the member,

(c) a company or other body of which the member, or a nominee, partner or employer of the member, is a member.

(5) To avoid doubt, a member is not taken to have an interest in a matter merely because the member—

(a) is a director of, or employed by, a statutory body, or

(b) is employed by the Crown, or

(c) is a member of a company or other body with an interest in the matter, but only if the member has no beneficial interest in shares of the company or body.

(6) In this section—

relative, of a member, means—

(a) a spouse or de facto partner of the member, or

(b) a parent, child, sibling or step-sibling of the member or of the member’s spouse or de facto partner, or

(c) another person with whom the member has an intimate personal relationship.