Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 65

65 Disclosure of interests

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the chairperson has an interest in a matter being considered, or about to be considered, by the commission at a commission meeting; and

(b) the interest could conflict with the proper performance of the chairperson’s functions for the matter.

(2) The chairperson must, as soon as practicable, disclose the interest to the commission chief executive.

(3) Unless the commission otherwise decides, the chairperson must not participate in the commission’s consideration of the matter at the meeting.

(4) A reference to an interest or to a conflict of interest is a reference to those matters within their ordinary meaning under the general law, and, in relation to an interest, the definition in the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , schedule 1 , does not apply.