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

Schedule 9   Amendments of Acts starting with F to L

Fisheries Administration Act 1991

36   Section 20

Repeal the section, substitute:

20 Disclosure of interests

Disclosure before appointment

(1) Before starting to hold office, a commissioner must give to the Minister a written statement of any material personal interest that the commissioner has that relates to the affairs of the Commission.

Note: A commissioner, once appointed, must also disclose interests under section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

Disclosure after appointment

(2) A disclosure by a commissioner under section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with the duty to disclose interests) must be made to the Minister.

(3) Subsection (2) applies in addition to any rules made for the purposes of that section.

(4) For the purposes of this Act and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, the commissioner is taken not to have complied with section 29 of that Act if the commissioner does not comply with subsection (2) of this section.

Register of interests

(5) The CEO must keep one or more registers of interests disclosed under this section and section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.