Disclosure of interest
21 Disclosure of interest
(1) This section applies if a member has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered by the Commission.
(2) The member must, as soon as possible after the relevant facts come to the attention of the member, disclose the nature of the interest:
(a) for a member who is not the Chairperson – to the Chairperson; and
for the Chairperson – to the Minister.
The member who makes the disclosure:
(a) must not take part in any deliberation or decision of the Commission in relation to the matter that occurs after the member makes the disclosure; and
(b) must be disregarded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of the Commission while the matter is deliberated and the Commission's decision about the matter is made.
(4) The Commission must make and publish guidelines specifying the types of interests that a member must disclose under this section.
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