Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00117:section:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00117
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 9
Character Range: 221909–223217

9  Disclosure of interests by Committee members
 (1) A member of the Committee who has a direct or indirect financial interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered by the Committee must, as soon as possible after the member has become aware of the relevant facts, disclose the nature of that interest at a meeting of the Committee.
 (2) A disclosure under subclause (1) must be recorded in the minutes of a meeting of the Committee and the member must not, unless the Authority or the Committee otherwise determines:
 (a) be present during any deliberation of the Committee regarding that matter; or
 (b) take part in any decision of the Committee regarding that matter.
 (3) For the purposes of the making of a determination by the Committee under subclause (2) in relation to a member who has made a disclosure under subclause (1), the member must not:
 (a) be present during any deliberation of the Committee for the purpose of making a determination; or
 (b) take part in the making of the determination.
 (4) A member of the Committee who is a winemaker or a grower of wine grapes is not taken to have a financial interest in a matter being considered, or about to be considered, by the Committee solely because the member is a winemaker or grower of wine grapes, as the case may be.