Paragraph 14

Members must regard themselves as having a personal interest in a matter to the extent that it relates to any membership, or position of general control or management which they have in any organisation. Such organisations include any:

(a)

private club or society, such as the Freemasons, a recreational club, working men’s club, or private investment club;

(b)

organisation whose principal purpose includes influencing public opinion or policy such as a lobby group;

(c)

trade union^f1 or professional association;

(d)

company, industrial and provident society^f2 or other organisation which has charitable objects.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: “Trade union” is defined in section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52).
f2: Registered under the Industrial and Provident Society Acts 1965 to 1978.