Pecuniary Interests Procedures

Parent Policy

Pecuniary Interests Policy

Members of committees and boards of the university having a direct commercial or financial interest in any item before a meeting must declare that interest to the chair via the committee secretary prior to consideration of the item.

Definition of terms

Pecuniary Interest: An interest that a decision maker has in connection with a matter for decision or discussion where the decision maker, or a person or entity with whom or which the decision maker is associated, is reasonably likely to receive a benefit or a loss able to be measured in financial terms if the matter is decided in a particular way. A decision maker includes a member of a deliberative body such as a committee. Intention is not relevant to assessing the existence of a pecuniary interest.

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