71Advisory committee—disclosure of member interests

71 Advisory committee—disclosure of member interests (1) An advisory committee member who has a relevant interest in an issue being considered, or about to be considered, by the committee must, as soon as practicable after the relevant facts have come to the member’s knowledge, disclose the nature of the interest at a meeting of the committee.

Radiation advisory committee Part 5 (2) The disclosure must be recorded in the advisory committee’s minutes and, unless the committee otherwise decides, the member must not— (a) be present when the committee considers the issue; or (b) take part in a decision of the committee on the issue. (3) If, because of subsection (2), only 1 member may be present and consider the issue, the committee must not make a decision on the issue. relevant interest, in an issue, means— (a) a direct or indirect financial interest in the issue; or (b) a direct or indirect interest of any other kind if the interest could conflict with the proper exercise of the advisory committee member’s functions in relation to the committee’s consideration of the issue.