242Disclosure of interests

242 Disclosure of interests

(1) Before an assessment committee considers any matters referred to it, each member of the assessment committee must produce to the committee a signed statutory declaration that states whether the member has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in relation to any matters referred to the assessment committee.

(2) If, during the consideration of matters before the assessment committee, a member becomes aware of having a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being considered, the member must, as soon as practicable after the relevant facts have come to his or her knowledge, disclose the nature of his or her interest at a meeting of the assessment committee.

(3) A production of a declaration under subsection (1) or a disclosure under subsection (2) must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting at which it was produced or disclosed.

(4) If a member of an assessment committee produces a statutory declaration stating that the member does have a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in relation to any matter referred to the assessment committee, or a member discloses a direct or indirect pecuniary interest to the assessment committee, the member must not—

(a) take any further part in any consideration or discussion of the matter; or

(b) take part in any vote on the matter; or

(c) be counted for the purposes of a quorum.

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