Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014 (62 of 2014)

Schedule 11   Amendments of Acts starting with O to R

Productivity Commission Act 1998

78   Subsections 43(2), (3) and (4)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

(2) Subsection (1) applies in addition to section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with the duty to disclose interests).

(3) If:

(a) the Chair has or acquires an interest of the kind mentioned in section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; and

(b) the interest relates to affairs of the Commission the conducting of which results in a report or similar document;

the Chair must ensure that the interest is disclosed in the report or document.

(4) If the Chair becomes aware that a member has an interest of the kind mentioned in section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, the Chair must do one of the following:

(a) if the Chair considers that the member should not perform or continue to perform a function to which the interest relates, the Chair must give a direction to the member accordingly;

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply, the Chair must ensure that:

(i) the interest is disclosed in accordance with section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; and

(ii) if the interest relates to affairs of the Commission the conducting of which results in a report or similar document - the interest is disclosed in the report or document.