Victorian Current Acts

VICTORIAN PLANNING AUTHORITY ACT 2017 - SECT 29

    (1)     A director of the Authority who has a specific conflict of interest or general conflict of interest in a matter to be considered by the board at a meeting and who is attending the meeting must disclose that conflict of interest by advising the board at the meeting of the nature of the conflict of interest before the matter is to be considered.

Penalty:     120 penalty units.

    (2)     A director of the Authority who has disclosed a specific conflict of interest or general conflict of interest in accordance with subsection (1)—

        (a)     must not take any further part in consideration of the matter; and

        (b)     must not vote on any decision of the
board in relation to the matter.

Penalty:     120 penalty units.

    (3)     A director of the Authority who has disclosed a specific conflict of interest or general conflict of interest under subsection (1) must leave the room while the matter is being considered.

    (4)     If a director of the Authority who has a specific conflict of interest or general conflict of interest in a matter votes or purports to vote on any decision of the board in relation to the matter, the director's vote must be disallowed.

    (5)     If a director of the Authority discloses a specific conflict of interest or general conflict of interest in accordance with subsection (1), the person chairing the meeting must ensure the following details are recorded in the minutes of the meeting—

        (a)     the director's name;

        (b)     the nature of the conflict of interest, as described by the director;

        (c)     which directors voted on the matter that gave rise to the conflict of interest.

    (6)     If a person discloses a specific conflict of interest or general conflict of interest to the board in accordance with section 31(5), the person chairing the meeting must ensure the following details are recorded in the minutes of the meeting—

        (a)     the name of the person who made the disclosure;

        (b)     the nature of the conflict of interest, as described by the person who made the disclosure.

Note

See also Part 5 of the Public Administration Act 2004 .