Localism Act 2011

32Sensitive interestsE+W

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(1)Subsections (2) and (3) apply where—

(a)a member or co-opted member of a relevant authority has an interest (whether or not a disclosable pecuniary interest), and

(b)the nature of the interest is such that the member or co-opted member, and the authority's monitoring officer, consider that disclosure of the details of the interest could lead to the member or co-opted member, or a person connected with the member or co-opted member, being subject to violence or intimidation.

(2)If the interest is entered in the authority's register, copies of the register that are made available for inspection, and any published version of the register, must not include details of the interest (but may state that the member or co-opted member has an interest the details of which are withheld under this subsection).

(3)If section 31(2) applies in relation to the interest, that provision is to be read as requiring the member or co-opted member to disclose not the interest but merely the fact that the member or co-opted member has a disclosable pecuniary interest in the matter concerned.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 32(1)(3) applied by 1959 c. xlvi s. 11(3)(c) (as substituted (15.1.2014) by Humber Bridge Act 2013 (c. vi), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 1)

Commencement Information

I1S. 32 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1463, art. 5(c) (with arts. 6, 7) (as amended (3.7.2012) by S.I. 2012/1714, art. 2)