Chapter:	161E	Title:	MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) REGULATION	Gazette Number:
Section:	7	Heading:	Declaration of interest by members of Committee	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) If the chairman or the deputy chairman of the Committee is in any way interested in a case referred to him under section 6, he shall declare his interest to the Chairman before he has to consider the case himself or jointly with others pursuant to this Regulation.
(2) If any other member of the Committee is in any way interested in a case which has been referred to the Committee, he shall declare his interest to the chairman of the Committee before or at the first meeting of the Committee to consider the case.
(3) On a declaration of interest under subsection (1) or (2)-

(a) the chairman, deputy chairman or member, as the case may be, shall not participate in any deliberation or decision regarding the case;
(b) the chairman or the deputy chairman, as the case may be, shall not preside at the meeting;
(c) if both the chairman and the deputy chairman declare their interest under subsection (1), the other members present and forming a quorum shall elect one from among themselves to preside at the meeting for deliberating or deciding on the case.