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:
Councillors Arkell and Chandwani declared a non-pecuniary interest relating to item 21 that they were leaseholders subject to the 30-day section 20 consultation with leaseholders as part of the approval of this item. It was determined that the Members could continue to remain part of the decision making for this item, as this was non-prejudcial nor pecuniary.