Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 - SECT 18L

Information to be disclosed in primary and ordinary returns

18L. Information to be disclosed in primary and ordinary returns



(1) Each member and each nominated officer must disclose the following
information in the primary return as at the date of the primary return-

   (a)  the name of any company or other body, corporate or unincorporate, in
        which he or she held an office whether as a director or otherwise;

   (b)  the information referred to in paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (f) of
        subsection (2).

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) Each member and each nominated officer must disclose in an ordinary return
the following information in relation to the return period-

   (a)  if he or she has held an office, whether as director or otherwise, in
        any company or body, corporate or unincorporate-the name of the
        company or body;

   (b)  the name or description of any company, partnership, association or
        other body in which he or she holds a beneficial interest which
        exceeds in value $2000;

   (c)  the address or description of any land in the region of the Authority
        or in a region which adjoins that Authority's region in which he or
        she has any beneficial interest other than by way of security for any
        debt;

   (d)  a concise description of any trust-

   (i)  in which he or she holds a beneficial interest; or

   (ii) of which he or she is a trustee and in which a relative holds a
        beneficial interest;

   (e)  particulars of any gift of $2000 or more in value received by him or
        her from a person other than a relative; and

   (f)  any other substantial interest, whether of a pecuniary nature or not,
        of the person, or of a relative of which interest the person is aware
        and which the person ought reasonably to consider might appear to
        raise a material conflict between his or her private interest and his
        or her public duty as a member or nominated officer.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(3) If a member or a nominated officer has already submitted one or more
ordinary returns he or she must disclose in any subsequent ordinary return any
change in the information disclosed in the last return and any additional
information of the kind set out in subsection (2)(a) to (f) required to be
disclosed, but he or she is not required to disclose any information already
disclosed in a previous return.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(4) In this section "relative" of a member or a nominated officer includes a
domestic partner, or relative of a domestic partner, of the member or
nominated officer.