Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered at a meeting must, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to the member's knowledge, disclose the nature of the interest at a meeting.
(2) The disclosure is to be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
(2A) If:
(a) the member is not the Chair; and
(b) the Chair is present at the meeting; and
(c) the Chair so determines;
the member must not:
(d) be present during any deliberation of the Advisory Council with respect to the matter; or
(e) take part in any decision of the Advisory Council with respect to the matter.
(2B) If:
(a) the member is not the Chair; and
(b) the Chair is not present at the meeting; and
(c) the Advisory Council so determines;
the member must not:
(d) be present during any deliberation of the Advisory Council with respect to the matter; or
(e) take part in any decision of the Advisory Council with respect to the matter.
(2C) If:
(a) the member is the Chair; and
(b) the Advisory Council so determines;
the member must not:
(c) be present during any deliberation of the Advisory Council with respect to the matter; or
(d) take part in any decision of the Advisory Council with respect to the matter.
(3) For the purposes of the Advisory Council making a determination under subsection (2B) or (2C), any member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the matter to which the disclosure relates must not:
(a) be present during any deliberation of the Advisory Council for the purposes of making the determination; or
(b) take part in the making of the determination.
(3A) The Minister may direct the Chair not to make, or to rescind, a determination under subsection (2A).
(4) The Minister may direct the Advisory Council not to make, or to rescind, a determination under subsection (2B) or (2C).
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