II.
(a)
(f)
A directorship, partnership, employment, adviser or other significant connection with a company or firm which itself may be materially affected by the decision upon an item to be discussed, whether directly or indirectly;
Barrister, solicitor, accountant or other professional adviser who personally (or whose partner, associate, employee, etc) has: advised of represented any person or body in connection with the item in question or related matters;
Any close or substantial interest, whether pecuniary or not, which, if known publicly, would be likely to lead reasonable members of the public to think that there was a real danger in all the circumstances that the Member's advice might well have been motivated by his personal interests or involvement rather than by his duty to give impartial advice.
Declaratory Interests
All other interests, including indirect, remote and non-pecuniary, which might be. thought likely to incline a Member towards a particular stance on the item under discussion should be declared.
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Matters to be Noted.
But their
Members, for instance of UPGC, Polytechnic or University Councils, Advisory Boards or Committees, Statutory Tribunals, etc do not technically have any interest to declare. position should be made known and noted, perhaps by the compilation and circulation regularly of a list.
ILLUSTRATIONS OF GUIDANCE
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:.
(a)
(b)
Where a Member has no special interest but only the same interest as every other member of the public affected, no declaration at all is necessary. We all consume electricity or take taxis or trams from time to time but this does not mean we have, within the legal meaning, a special interest to declare. But if he owns
a taxi, a Member does have such a special interest.
A distinction can be made between close and remote. pecuniary interests. Thus, when the raising of charges by any company (or its close
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