Commonwealth Numbered Acts

EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT 1988 No. 80 of 1988 - SECT 60

60. (1) A member of a prescribed body who has a direct or indirect pecuniary
interest in a matter being considered by the body 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 body.

(2) A disclosure under subsection (1) shall be recorded in the minutes of the
meeting of the prescribed body and the member shall not, unless the
prescribed body or the relevant authority in relation to the prescribed body
otherwise determines:

   (a)  be present during any deliberation of the body with respect to that
        matter; or

   (b)  take any part in any decision of the body with respect to that matter.

(3) For the purposes of the making of a determination by a prescribed body
under subsection (2) in relation to a member who has made a disclosure under
subsection (1), a member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in
the matter to which the disclosure relates shall not:

   (a)  be present during any deliberation of the body for the purposes of
        making the determination; or

   (b)  take part in the making by the body of the determination.

(4) In this section:

"prescribed body" means:

   (a)  the Board;

   (b)  a Council; or

   (c)  a committee established under section 36 or 50;

"relevant authority", in relation to a prescribed body means:

   (a)  if the body is the Board-the Minister;

   (b)  if the body is a Council-the Board;

   (c)  if the body is a committee appointed under section 36-the parent body
        of that committee; or

   (d)  if the body is a committee appointed under section 50-the Employment
        and Skills Formation Council.