379Disclosure of interests

##### 379 Disclosure of interests (1) A member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being considered by AUSTEL must, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to the member’s knowledge, disclose the nature of the interest at a meeting of AUSTEL. (2) A disclosure must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting and the member must not, unless the Minister or AUSTEL otherwise determines: (a) be present during any deliberation by AUSTEL about that matter; or (b) take part in any decision of AUSTEL relating to that matter. (3) For the purpose of AUSTEL making such a determination in relation to a member who has made a disclosure, a member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the matter to which the disclosure relates must not: (a) be present during any deliberation by AUSTEL for the purpose of making the determination; or (b) take part in making the determination.