9.—(1) A member of an industrial training board who has any pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, in any matter which falls to be considered by the board shall, as soon as possible after the relevant circumstances have come to his knowledge, disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the board.N.I.
(2) Any disclosure under this paragraph shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting and the member—
(a)shall not take part after the disclosure in any deliberation or decision of the board with respect to the matter;
(b)shall be disregarded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of the board for any such deliberation or decision.
(3) A member need not attend in person at a meeting of an industrial training board 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.