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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 13

13—Members duties of honesty, care and diligence

        (1)         A member of the Board must at all times act honestly in the performance of official functions.

Penalty: Division 4 fine or division 4 imprisonment or both.

        (2)         A member of the Board must at all times exercise a reasonable degree of care and diligence in the performance of official functions.

        (3)         If a member of the Board is culpably negligent in the performance of official functions, the member is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Division 4 fine.

        (4)         A member is not culpably negligent for the purposes of subsection (3) unless the court is satisfied the member's conduct fell sufficiently short of the standard required of the member to warrant the imposition of a criminal sanction.

        (5)         A member or former member of the Board must not make improper use of information acquired through his or her official position to gain directly or indirectly a personal advantage for himself, herself or another, or to cause detriment to the Board or the State.

Penalty: Division 4 fine or division 4 imprisonment or both.

        (6)         A member of the Board must not make improper use of his or her official position to gain directly or indirectly a personal advantage for himself, herself or another or to cause detriment to the Board or the State.

Penalty: Division 4 fine or division 4 imprisonment or both.

        (7)         This section—

            (a)         operates both inside and outside the State; and

            (b)         is in addition to, and does not derogate from, other laws.



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