115Disclosure of interest

115 Disclosure of interest (1) As soon as practicable after a member becomes aware of a conflict of interest in a matter that has arisen or is about to arise before an audit committee, a council, a council committee or a local authority, the member must disclose the interest that gives rise to the conflict (the relevant interest): (a) at a meeting of the audit committee, council, council committee or local authority; and (b) to the CEO. (2) A member must not: (a) be present at a meeting of the audit committee, council, council committee or local authority while a matter in which the member has a conflict of interest is under consideration; or (b) participate in any decision in relation to the matter; or (c) engage in behaviour that may influence the audit committee, council, council committee or local authority's consideration of or decision in relation to the matter. (3) The Minister may approve the following on any conditions the Minister considers appropriate: (a) a member's participation in the consideration of the matter in which the member has a conflict of interest; (b) a member's participation in the decision in relation to the matter in which the member has a conflict of interest. (4) A member commits an offence if the member: (a) intentionally engages in conduct; and (b) the conduct results in a failure to disclose an interest and the member is reckless in relation to the result. (5) A member commits an offence if the member: (a) intentionally engages in conduct; and

Local Government Act 2019 71 (b) the conduct results in a contravention of subsection (2) or a condition of an approval in subsection (3) and the member is reckless in relation to the result. (6) If NTCAT finds that a member has participated in the decision of an audit committee, a council, a council committee or a local authority contrary to this section, NTCAT may, on application by an elector or ratepayer of the local government area, declare the decision void.