It’s a conflict of interest:
- Where there is only the POSSIBILITY a conflict could occur
- Where there may only be a PERCEPTION a conflict could occur
- Where the potential or perceived conflict involves a person CONNECTED to the governor (i.e. a spouse or close family member)
To manage conflicts of interest you should:
- Declare any continuing conflicts of interest you have on the register of interests. This is usually passed around at the start of each meeting
- Where there is an item on the agenda in which you have a conflict of interest, you should declare this at the start of the meeting and withdraw for that part