10.—(1) Subject to such exceptions and qualifications as may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, be specified in standing orders, if a member has any pecuniary or other interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract (not being a contract for the provision of any of the services mentioned in Part II of the Act) or other matter, and is present at a meeting of the Board or of a committee of the Board at which the contract or other matter is the subject of consideration, he shall at the meeting, as soon as practicable after the commencement thereof, disclose the fact, and shall not take part in the consideration and discussion of, or vote on any question with respect to, the contract or other matter.
(2) The Secretary of State may, subject to such conditions as he may think fit to impose, remove any disability imposed by this regulation in any case in which it appears to him in the interests of the national health service that the disability should be removed.
(3) Any remuneration, compensation or allowances payable to a chairman or other member by virtue of paragraphs 4, 5 or 13 of Schedule 1 to the Act shall not be treated as a pecuniary interest for the purpose of this regulation.