XCRI(82) 11.
Pile No.
M. 64
Page.
Enclosure 2
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DECISION ON 30.3.82
The Council noted the contents of memorandum
After discussion the Council AGREED that:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(a)
(e)
(E)
there was a black area where there would be strong interests, generally easy to define, which would require either exclusion from circulation and/or vithdraval;
memoranda would be withheld from a member only on the authority of the Chief Secretary;
in the grey area where a question of degree of interest could arise or where the precise subject of the paper could be relevant, the Governor vould make a decision on whether the member should vithdraw;
the details of the interest should be minuted:
vhere members vere on advisory boards or committees, their position should be declared and noted in the minutes but no question of withdrawal would arise;
periodic circulation of lists of membership of advisory bodies would serve little purpose;
(g) members should inform the Chief Secretary
or Attorney General in difficult cases of their interest as far as possible in advance and make a declaration when the item was about to be discussed; the Clerk of Councils should advise members of memoranda where a possible question of interest might arise.
Welles
Clerk of Councils.