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:
Councillor Isidoros Diakides declared a personal interest and non-pecuniary interest in relation to items 21 and 27 as he was a Council representative in relation to an organisation that was currently located in the Chocolate Factory. He clarified that he would not be taking part in the discussion nor voting, in accordance with section 6.1b of the Member Code of Conduct and would leave the room for the duration of these items.