Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Murray-Darling Basin Act 1993 - SECT 9

Obligation to disclose interest before considering a particular matter

9. Obligation to disclose interest before considering a particular matter



(1) If-

   (a)  the member of the Committee appointed for the State (including any
        acting member appointed for the State) has an interest in a matter
        being considered or about to be considered by the Committee; and



   (b)  the interest is an interest that could conflict with the proper
        performance of the functions of the member's office, as those
        functions give the member a role in deciding the matter-

the member must disclose the nature of the interest to a meeting of the
Committee.

(2) The disclosure must be made as soon as possible after the relevant facts
have come to the member's knowledge.

(3) The disclosure must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the
Committee.

(4) Subsection (1) applies to interests-

   (a)  whether direct or indirect, and whether or not pecuniary; and

   (b)  whether acquired before or after the member's appointment.

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