Section 17A — Competition and Consumer Act 2010: Disclosure of certain interests by members of the Commission when taking part in determinations of matters

(1) If, as a result of rules made for the purposes of section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with the duty to disclose interests), the Chairperson becomes aware that: (a) a member of the Commission is taking part, or is to take part, in the determination of a matter; and (b) the member has a pecuniary interest that could conflict with the proper performance of his or her functions in relation to the determination of the matter; then: (c) the Chairperson must cause the interest of the member to be disclosed to each person concerned in the matter (if the matter has not already been disclosed to that person in accordance with the rules); and (d) unless each person concerned in the matter consents to the member taking part, or continuing to take part, in the determination of the matter—the member must not take part, or continue to take part, in the determination of the matter. (2) In this section, member of the Commission includes an associate member of the Commission.