Issue - meetings

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.

Cllr Chiriyankandath noted that he would be making a declaration in relation to Standards Complaint SC005/1920. He explained that he would make this declaration with full details in the exempt part of the meeting; this was because making the declaration would involve information relating to an individual or likely to reveal the identity of an individual. Cllr Chiriyankandath clarified that he would be considering the item with an open mind.