Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(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.