Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SERVICE STANDARDS) ACT 1999 - SECT 158X

  (1)   An RTIRC member who has a material personal interest in a matter being considered by the RTIRC must, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to the member's knowledge, disclose the nature of the interest at a meeting of the RTIRC.

  (2)   The disclosure is to be recorded in the minutes of the meeting and, unless the Minister or the RTIRC otherwise determines, the RTIRC member must not:

  (a)   be present during any deliberation by the RTIRC about that matter; or

  (b)   take part   in any decision of the RTIRC relating to that matter.

  (3)   For the purposes of the making of a determination by the RTIRC under subsection   (2) in relation to an RTIRC member who has made a disclosure under subsection   (1), an RTIRC member who has an interest in the matter to which the disclosure relates must not:

  (a)   be present during any deliberation of the RTIRC for the purposes of making the determination; or

  (b)   take part   in the making by the RTIRC of the determination.