Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Queen Victoria Women's Centre Act 1994 - SECT 13

Pecuniary interest of members

13. Pecuniary interest of members



(1) A member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being
considered or about to be considered by the Trust must, as soon as practicable
after the relevant facts have come to the knowledge of the member, declare the
nature of the interest at a meeting of the Trust.

(2) A person presiding at a meeting at which a declaration is made must cause
a record of the declaration to be made in the minutes of the meeting.

(3) After a declaration is made by a member-

   (a)  unless the Trust otherwise directs, the member must not be present
        during any deliberation with respect to that matter; and

   (b)  the member is not entitled to vote on the matter; and

   (c)  if the member does vote on the matter, the vote must be disallowed.