Declaration of interest
12.—(1) Before the start of any meeting of the National Appeal Panel the chair, or vice chair if acting as chair, shall ask the members intending to be present whether, in respect of the appeal to be considered at the meeting, any of them–
(a)has an interest to declare;
(b)is associated with a person who has any personal interest,
and any such member who has or, as the case may be, is associated with the person who has, any such interest shall disclose it accordingly.
(2) Any member who has, pursuant to the provisions of sub-paragraph (1) disclosed an interest or who, in the opinion, expressed to the meeting, of the chair or vice chair as the case may be, should have disclosed such an interest, shall not be present at the consideration or discussion of that appeal or the voting on it.