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or for 28 days in any 12 months;
     (d) becomes permanently incapable of performing his duties; or
     (e) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with his obligations under sub-section (2) or (3),
the Governor-General shall terminate the appointment of the member.

"(2) A member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered by the Board shall, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to his knowledge, disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Board.

"(3) A disclosure under sub-section (2) shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the Board and, if the interest of the member so recorded arises by reason of, or is otherwise related to, a direct or indirect pecuniary interest that the member has in a business or in a body corporate carrying on a business, the member shall not—
     (a) be present during any deliberations of the Board with respect to that matter; or
     (b) take part in any decision of the Board with respect to that matter.".

Delegation by Board
10. Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:

"(1aa) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (1), the reference in that sub-section to the powers of the Board under this Act shall be read as including a reference to the powers of the Board under section 82d.".

Permanent Heads
11. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from sub-section (3) "or the regulations" (wherever occurring) and substituting ", the regulations or the determinations";
     (b) by omitting from sub-section (4) "the provisions of this Act or the regulations" and substituting "this Act";
     (c) by omitting sub-section (4a) and substituting the following sub-section:
     "(4a) The person for the time being holding or performing the duties of the office of Chairman of the Prices Justification Tribunal has all the powers of, or exercisable by, a Permanent Head under this Act so far as those powers relate to the branch of the Service comprising the staff referred to in section 34 of the Prices Justification Act 1973 as if that branch were a separate Department.";
     (d) by omitting from sub-section (5) "his powers and functions under this Act or the regulations" and substituting "the powers and functions conferred on him by this Act, the regulations or the determinations"; and
     (e) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
     "(8) In this section, 'determination' means a determination in force under sub-section 9 (7a) or section 82d.".

Chief Officers
12. Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in sub-section (2) "or are specified in determinations