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.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Councillor McNamara advised that whilst he did not wish to make a formal declaration of interest, he wished to note he had sat on Scrutiny Panel on Strategic Enforcement, as Cabinet would be considering the Panel’s review of Strategic Enforcement under Item 7 and the proposed response to the review at Item 10.