ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 21 Disclosure of interests—meetings

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 21

    (1)     A member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered by the electoral commission shall, 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 electoral commission.

    (2)     The disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting and, unless the electoral commission determines otherwise, the member shall not—

        (a)     be present during any deliberation of the electoral commission in relation to the matter; or

        (b)     take part in any decision of the electoral commission in relation to the matter.

    (3)     The member shall not—

        (a)     be present during any deliberation of the electoral commission for the purpose of considering whether to make a determination under subsection (2) in relation to that member; or

        (b)     take part in the making by the electoral commission of such a determination.

    (4)     A member is not to be taken to have an interest in a matter only because the member is entitled to vote in a general election of members of the Legislative Assembly.