Civil Aviation Act 1982

10 (1) A member who is in any way directly or indirectly interested in a contract made or proposed to be made by the CAA, or in any other matter whatsoever which falls to be considered by the CAA, shall disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the CAA and the disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting; and the member shall not— U.K.

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

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

(2) A notice given by a member at a meeting of the CAA to the effect that he is a member of a specified company or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract which is made after the date of the notice with the company or firm shall, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above, be a sufficient disclosure of his interest in relation to any contract so made.

(3) A member need not attend in person at a meeting of the CAA 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.