Part 5 — Councils, Councillors and Council Committees Division 1 Councils and Council Committees
172 Disclosure of pecuniary interest
before the council, a council committee or any other body to which
the councillor is appointed as a representative of the council, the
councillor must, if present,
(a) disclose the general nature of the pecuniary interest prior to
any discussion of the matter,
(b) abstain from voting on any q uestion relating to the matter,
(c) subject to subsection (3), abstain from any discussion of the
matter, and
(d) subject to subsections (2) and (3), leave the room in which
the meeting is being held until discussion and voting on the
matter are concluded.
(2) If the matter with respect to which the councillor has a
pecuniary interest is the payment of an account for which funds
have previously been committed, it is not necessary for the
councillor to leave the room.
(3) If the matter with respect to which the councillor has a
pecuniary interest is a question on which, under this Act or another
enactment, the councillor as a taxpayer, an elector or an owner has
a right to be heard by the council,
(a) it is not necessary for the councillor to leave the room, and
(b) the councillor may exercise a right to be heard in the same
manner as a person who is not a councillor.
(4) If a councillor is temporarily absent from a meeting when a
matter in which the councillor has a pecuniary interest arises, the
councillor must immediately on returning to the meeting, or as
soon as the councillor becomes aware that the matter has been
considered, disclose the general nature of the councillor's interest
in the matter.
(5) The abstention of a councillor under subsection (1) and the
disclosure of a councillor's interest under subsection (1) or (4)
must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
(6) If a councillor has disclosed a pecuniary interest at a council
committee meeting and council considers a report of the committee
in respect of which the councillor disclosed a pecuniary interest,
the councillor must disclose the pecuniary interest at the council
meeting and subsection (1) applies to the councillor.
1994 cM-26.1 s172
RSA 2000
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