ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 12 Disclosure of interests

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 12

12 Disclosure of interests

(1) A commissioner who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered by the commission must, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to the commissioner’s knowledge, disclose the nature of the interest at a meeting of the commission.

(2) The disclosure must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the commission and the commissioner must not, unless the Minister otherwise determines—

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

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