Scottish Development Agency Act 1975

Proceedings U.K.

F1 12 N.I. The quorum of the Agency and the arrangements relating to meetings of the Agency shall be such as the Agency may determine.

Textual Amendments

F1 Act except ss. 20 and 28 repealed (E.W.S.) (30.7.1994) by 1990 c. 35, ss. 23(4), 38(2), Sch. 3, Sch. 5 Pt. II; S.I. 1994/1976, art. 2.

[F2 13 (1) A member who is in any way directly or indirectly interested in a contract made or proposed to be made by the Agency, or in any other matter whatsoever which falls to be considered by the Agency, shall disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Agency, and the disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting. N.I.

(2) Such a member shall not—

(a) in the case of any such contract, take part in any deliberation or decision of the Agency with respect to the contract; and

(b) in the case of any other matter, take part in any deliberation or decision of the Agency with respect to the matter if the Agency decide that the interest in question might prejudicially affect the member’s consideration of the matter.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, a notice given by a member at a meeting of the Agency to the effect that he is a member of a specified body corporate or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract which is made with the company or firm after the date of the notice, and in any other matter whatsoever concerning the company or firm which falls to be considered by the Agency after that date, shall be a sufficient disclosure of his interest.

(4) A member need not attend in person at a meeting of the Agency in order to make a disclosure which he is required to make under this paragraph, if he takes reasonable steps to secure that the disclosure is made by a notice which is taken into consideration and read at such a meeting.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Act except ss. 20 and 28 repealed (E.W.S.) (30.7.1994) by 1990 c. 35, ss. 23(4), 38(2), Sch. 3, Sch. 5 Pt. II; S.I. 1994/1976, art. 2.

[F3 14 N.I. The validity of any proceedings of the Agency shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members or by any defect in the appointment of a member or by any failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph 13 above.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Act except ss. 20 and 28 repealed (E.W.S.) (30.7.1994) by 1990 c. 35, ss. 23(4), 38(2), Sch. 3, Sch. 5 Pt. II; S.I. 1994/1976, art. 2.