364Minister or official not to be interested in authority or small-scale title

364 Minister or official not to be interested in authority or small-scale title

364 Minister or official not to be interested in authority or small-scale title

(1) A person must not, while holding office in an official capacity for the purposes of this Act and while exercising functions in that capacity, hold either directly or indirectly a beneficial interest in an authority or a small-scale title.

(1A) The following are persons who hold office in an official capacity for the purposes of this Act—

(a) the Minister,

(b) an inspector,

(c) a member of staff of the Department who exercises functions under this Act or the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991,

(d) any other person who exercises any judicial or official functions under this Act or the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991.

(2) This section does not prevent the Secretary from being the holder, on behalf of the Crown, of an authorisation.

s 364: Am 2015 No 39, Sch 1 [16]; 2015 No 40, Sch 1 [108]; 2022 No 21, Sch 1[126].