Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An assessor who has a conflict of interest in relation to proceedings must disclose the matters giving rise to that conflict to the Chief Justice and the parties.
(2) The assessor must not take part in the proceedings or exercise any powers in relation to the proceedings unless the Chief Justice consents.
(3) For the purposes of this section, an assessor has a conflict of interest in relation to proceedings if the assessor has any interest, pecuniary or otherwise, that could conflict with the proper performance of the assessor's functions in relation to the proceedings.