3—Insertion of regulations 4A, 4B and 4C
After regulation 4 insert:
4A—Certain exemptions from section 6H relating to corporate agency
members and conflict of interest (section 6ZF)
Schedule 1 sets out certain exemptions from the application of section 6H of
the Act for corporate agency members specified in the Schedule.
4B—Certain exemptions from section 6L relating to members of statutory
advisory bodies and conflict of interest (section 6ZF)
Schedule 2 sets out certain exemptions from the application of section 6L of
the Act for members of statutory advisory bodies specified in the Schedule.
4C—Certain exemptions from section 6L relating to members of
non-statutory advisory bodies and conflict of interest (section 6ZF)
(1) If a member of a
non-statutory advisory body—
(a)
advises the relevant Minister, by notice in writing, of any direct or indirect
personal or pecuniary interest that conflicts, or may conflict, with the
member's functions; and
(b)
complies with any directions given by the Minister regarding the resolution of
the conflict, or potential conflict,
the member is exempt from the application of section 6L of the Act in relation
to that interest.
(2) In this
regulation—
"relevant Minister" means—
(a) in
the case where advice is, or is to be, provided by the advisory body to a
public sector agency consisting of a Minister—that Minister; or
(b) in
any other case—the Minister responsible for the public sector agency to
which advice is, or is to be, provided by the advisory body.