Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) In this regulation:
member includes an alternate member.
(2) If a member has information that indicates that another member has a direct or indirect interest (within the meaning given by regulation 13 ) in a matter before the Committee, including a matter that is the subject of a proposed resolution being dealt with under regulation 15, he or she must give the information to the Committee.
(3) The Committee must decide by resolution whether the allegedly interested member actually has an interest in the matter.
(4) The allegedly interested member may not vote on the resolution.
(5) The allegedly interested member may not be present while the Committee discusses the resolution, except with the permission of the other members.
(6) If the Committee resolves that the allegedly interested member actually does have an interest in the matter before the Committee, he or she is taken to have such an interest in the matter for subregulations 13 (3) and (4).