Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00854:section:144a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00854
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 144A
Character Range: 584289–585569

144A  Disclosure of interests by members
 (1) Where a member is, or is to be, the Tribunal, or a member of the Tribunal, as constituted for the purposes of a proceeding and the member has or acquires any interest, pecuniary or otherwise, that could conflict with the proper performance of his or her functions in relation to that proceeding:
 (a) he or she shall disclose the interest to the parties to the proceeding; and
 (b) except with the consent of all the parties to the proceeding, he or she shall not take part in the proceeding.
 (2) Where the President becomes aware that a member is, or is to be, the Tribunal, or a member of the Tribunal, as constituted for the purposes of a proceeding and that the member has, in relation to that proceeding, such an interest as is mentioned under subsection (1):
 (a) if the President considers that the member should not take part, or should not continue to take part, in the
proceeding—he or she shall give a direction to the member accordingly; or
 (b) in any other case—he or she shall cause the interest of the member to be disclosed to the parties to the proceeding.
 (3) In this section, a reference to a proceeding includes a reference to a proceeding by way of an application or reference to the Tribunal under this Act.