Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01298:clause:1_137
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01298
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 137
Character Range: 36483–37173

137  At the end of section 42
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 (3) A hearing officer who has a direct or indirect interest in a matter that arises, or that could arise, during the course of a hearing before the hearing officer, must, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to his or her attention, disclose the nature of his or her interest to the Chair.

 (4) If a hearing officer makes a disclosure under subsection (3):
 (a) the Chair must cause the disclosure to be recorded in the minutes of the next meeting of the Authority; and
 (b) the hearing officer must not, unless the Minister otherwise determines, hold hearings, or further hearings, as the case may be, in relation to the matter.