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GOVERNMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 2018 - SECT 14
Disclosure of pecuniary interests by members
14 Disclosure of pecuniary interests by members
(1) If-- (a) a member of the Advisory Board has a direct or indirect pecuniary
interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered at a meeting
of the Advisory Board, and
(b) the interest appears to raise a conflict with
the proper performance of the member's duties in relation to the consideration
of the matter,
the member 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 of the Advisory Board.
(2) A disclosure by a member at a meeting of
the Advisory Board that the member-- (a) is a member, or is in the employment,
of a specified company or other body, or
(b) is a partner, or is in the
employment, of a specified person, or
(c) has some other specified interest
relating to a specified company or other body or to a specified person,
is a
sufficient disclosure of the nature of the interest in any matter relating to
that company or other body or to that person that may arise after the date of
the disclosure and that is required to be disclosed under subsection (1).
(3)
Particulars of any disclosure made under this section must be recorded by the
Advisory Board in a book kept for the purpose and that book must be open at
all reasonable hours to inspection by any person on payment of the fee
determined by the Advisory Board.
(4) After a member has disclosed the nature
of an interest in any matter, the member must not, unless the Minister or the
Advisory Board otherwise determines-- (a) be present during any deliberation
of the Advisory Board with respect to the matter, or
(b) take part in any
decision of the Advisory Board with respect to the matter.
(5) For the
purposes of the making of a determination by the Advisory Board under
subsection (4), a member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a
matter to which the disclosure relates must not-- (a) be present during any
deliberation of the Advisory Board for the purpose of making the
determination, or
(b) take part in the making by the Advisory Board of the
determination.
(6) A contravention of this section does not invalidate any
decision of the Advisory Board.
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