Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00021:section:43
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00021
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 43
Character Range: 37086–38638

43  Disclosure of interests
 (1) The Chair must give written notice to the Minister of all direct and indirect pecuniary interests that he or she has or acquires in a business or in a body corporate carrying on a business.
 (2) Subsection (1) applies in addition to section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with the duty to disclose interests).
 (3) If:
 (a) the Chair has or acquires an interest of the kind mentioned in section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; and
 (b) the interest relates to affairs of the Commission the conducting of which results in a report or similar document;
the Chair must ensure that the interest is disclosed in the report or document.
 (4) If the Chair becomes aware that a member has an interest of the kind mentioned in section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, the Chair must do one of the following:
 (a) if the Chair considers that the member should not perform or continue to perform a function to which the interest relates, the Chair must give a direction to the member accordingly;
 (b) if paragraph (a) does not apply, the Chair must ensure that:
 (i) the interest is disclosed in accordance with section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; and
 (ii) if the interest relates to affairs of the Commission the conducting of which results in a report or similar document—the interest is disclosed in the report or document.

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