Bushfires Management Act 2016

A member of a regional committee who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being considered at a meeting of the committee must disclose the interest to the committee.

A regional committee may direct a member who has disclosed an interest in a matter under subsection (1) to refrain from taking part in the deliberations of the committee in relation to that matter.

A member of a regional committee who has been given a direction under subsection (2) must be disregarded for the purpose of determining whether a quorum has been formed.

Without limiting subsection (1), a member of a regional committee has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter if:

a company has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the matter; and

the member owns or controls a share in, or is a director or employee of, the company.