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:
On the basis of being a leaseholder in the borough, Councillor Chandwani declared an interest in relation to part of item 7[the report dealing with the reconsideration of the key decision on the Alterations Policy for Leaseholders] and Item 12 payments policy for leaseholder’s consultation. Cllr Chandwani clarified that she had no personal or beneficial interest in item 14 as she did not own a car.
Cllr Bull declared an interest in items 7, 8, 12 and 14 by virtue of being a leaseholder and also had an interest in item 13 as a garage license holder in the borough.
The Leader, Cllr Ejiofor, declared a disclosable pecuniary interest in item 13, as garage license holder.