Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION ACT 1975 No. 6 of 1975 - SECT 22

22. (1) If the Chairman or another full-time member has a direct or indirect
pecuniary interest in a business or other undertaking involving the making,
promotion, distribution or exhibition of films, he shall, as soon as possible
after his appointment or after he acquires that interest, whichever last
occurs, give written notice to the Minister of that interest.

(2) A member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being
considered or about to be considered by the Commission, otherwise than as a
member, and in common with the other members, of an incorporated company
consisting of not less than 25 persons, shall, as soon as possible after the
relevant facts have come to his knowledge, disclose the nature of his interest
at a meeting of the Commission.

(3) A disclosure under sub-section (2) shall be recorded in the minutes of the
meeting of the Commission, and the member shall not be present during any
deliberation of the Commission with respect to that matter.

(4) If an interest referred to in sub-section (2) is patent, that sub-section
does not apply, but sub-section (3) applies as if there has been a disclosure
in accordance with sub-section (2).
(5) In this section, unless the contrary intention appears, ''member''
includes a person appointed to act in the place of the Chairman or another
member.