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(a)
Declaration of Substitutes: Where Members of the Board
are unable to attend a meeting, a designated substitute for that
Member may attend, speak and vote in their place for that
meeting.
(b)
Declarations of Interest:
(a) Disclosable
pecuniary interests
(b) Any other
interests required to be registered under the local code;
(c) Any other
general interest as a result of which a decision on the matter
might reasonably be regarded as affecting you or a partner more
than a majority of other people or businesses in the ward/s
affected by the decision.
In each case, you
need to declare
(i) the
item on the agenda the interest relates to;
(ii) the nature
of the interest; and
(iii) whether it is a
disclosable pecuniary interest or some other interest.
If unsure, Members
of the Board should seek advice from the Lawyer or Secretary
preferably before the meeting.
(c) Exclusion
of Press and Public: The Board will consider whether, in view
of the nature of the business to be transacted, or the nature of
the proceedings, that the press and public should be excluded from
the meeting when any of the items are under consideration.
NOTE:
Any item appearing in Part Two of the Agenda states in
its heading the category under which the information disclosed in
the report is exempt from disclosure and therefore not available to
the public.
A list and
description of the exempt categories is available from the
Secretary to the Board.
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