Engagement of consultants
28 Engagement of consultants
A commission may, with the prior approval of the Minister, engage under contracts for services such consultants and persons to provide professional, technical or other assistance as it considers necessary to enable that commission to perform its functions.
A person engaged under subsection (1) must disclose to the chairperson of the board any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter to which his or her services relate, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to his or her knowledge.
Penalty: $5 000.
The chairperson of the board must cause that disclosure to be recorded in the minutes of the next meeting of the board.
If the chairperson of a board fails to comply with subsection (3), he or she —
is liable to the commission for any damage or loss suffered by the commission as a result of that failure; and
commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5 000.
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