Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Act 2023

A member of the PWSS Advisory Board must give written notice to the Minister of any direct or indirect pecuniary interest that the member has or acquires and that conflicts or could conflict with the proper performance of the member’s duties.

A member of the PWSS Advisory Board who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered by the PWSS Advisory Board must disclose the nature of the interest to a meeting of the PWSS Advisory Board.

The disclosure must be made as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to the member’s knowledge.

The disclosure must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.

Unless the PWSS Advisory Board otherwise determines, the member:

must not be present during any deliberation by the PWSS Advisory Board on the matter; and

must not take part in any decision of the PWSS Advisory Board with respect to the matter.

For the purposes of making a determination under subsection (5), the member:

must not be present during any deliberation of the PWSS Advisory Board for the purpose of making the determination; and

must not take part in making the determination.

A determination under subsection (5) must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the PWSS Advisory Board.