South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts (1) A member of the
Advisory Committee who has a direct or indirect personal or pecuniary interest
in a matter decided or under consideration by the Advisory Committee—
(a)
must, as soon as reasonably practicable, disclose in writing to the relevant
Minister full and accurate details of the interest; and
(b) must
not take part in any discussion by the Advisory Committee relating to that
matter; and
(c) must
not vote in relation to that matter; and
(d) must
be absent from the meeting room when any such discussion or voting is taking
place.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
(2) Without limiting
the effect of this section, a member of the Advisory Committee will be taken
to have an interest in a matter for the purposes of this section if an
associate of the member has an interest in the matter.
(3) This section does
not apply in relation to a matter in which a member of the Advisory Committee
has an interest while the member remains unaware that he or she has an
interest in the matter, but in any proceedings against the member the burden
will lie on the member to prove that he or she was not, at the material time,
aware of his or her interest.
(4) This section does
not apply in relation to an interest in a matter shared in common with the
public or persons engaged in or associated with the industry in which the
relevant member works generally, or a substantial section of the public or
such persons.
(5) In this
section—
"associate" has the same meaning as in the Public Corporations Act 1993
.