Declarations of Interest
A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:
(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and
(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.
A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.
Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.
Minutes:
Cllr Jenks declared a personal interest as a member of the Friends of Cooperscroft, owned by TLC, which was a scheduled and admitted body of the Pension Fund.
Cllr Wilson declared a personal interest as an employee of the National Association of Pension Funds.
In response to a question from the Committee regarding the need to declare membership of the Pension Fund as an interest, it was confirmed that in line with advice received previously with regards to this matter, declaration of membership of the Fund was not necessary.