84Disclosure of interests

84 Disclosure of interests (1) If a member of the Committee has a direct or indirect interest in a matter that is to be considered by the Committee, the member must disclose the interest to the Committee. (2) The disclosure must be made at a meeting of the Committee as soon as practicable after the relevant facts come to the member's knowledge. (3) A record of the disclosure must be made in the minutes of the meeting.

Health and Community Services Complaints Act 1998 46 (4) Unless the Committee otherwise determines, the member must not: (a) be present at the deliberations of the Committee concerning the matter; or (b) take part in the Committee's decision in relation to the matter. (5) In this section: interest does not include an interest that a member of the Committee holds in common with other members of a calling, or section of a calling, to which the member belongs.