20Accountability of government officials

#### 20 Accountability of government officials 20 Accountability of government officials > > (1) A government official must give written notice to the regulator of all interests, pecuniary or otherwise, that the government official has, or acquires, that conflict or could conflict with the proper exercise of the government official’s functions. > > > (2) The regulator must give a direction to a government official not to deal, or to no longer deal, with a matter if the regulator becomes aware that the government official has a potential conflict of interest in relation to a matter and the regulator considers that the government official should not deal, or should no longer deal, with the matter.