Disclosure of material personal interests
218 Disclosure of material personal interests
A person who is an officer of the Commission and who has a material personal interest in a matter in respect of which the Commission is performing its functions must, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to the knowledge of the person, disclose the nature of the interest to the Commission.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 3 years and a fine of $60 000.
The Commission is to ensure that a person who has disclosed an interest in a matter under subsection (1) is not involved in considering, inquiring into or investigating that matter unless the Commission is satisfied that the involvement of the person would not prejudice the consideration, inquiry or investigation of the matter.
A person who is an officer of the Parliamentary Inspector and who has a material personal interest in a matter in respect of which the Parliamentary Inspector is performing his or her functions must, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to the knowledge of the person, disclose the nature of the interest to the Parliamentary Inspector.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 3 years and a fine of $60 000.
The Parliamentary Inspector is to ensure that a person who has disclosed an interest in a matter under subsection (3) is not involved in considering, inquiring into or investigating that matter unless the Parliamentary Inspector is satisfied that the involvement of the person would not prejudice the consideration, inquiry or investigation of the matter.
[Section 218, formerly section 52, renumbered as section 218: No. 78 of 2003 s. 35(1).]
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