# The Police Act 1997 (Provisions in relation to the NCIS Service Authority) (No. 2) Order 1997, Article 6: Pecuniary interest for the purposes of article 5


(1) For the purposes of article 5 above, a person shall be treated, subject to the following provisions of this article and to article 8 below, as having indirectly a pecuniary interest in a contract, proposed contract or other matter, if—
(a) he or any nominee of his is a member of a company or other body with which the contract was made or is proposed to be made or which has a direct pecuniary interest in the other matter under consideration; or
(b) he is a partner, or is in the employment, of a person with whom the contract was made or is proposed to be made or who has a direct pecuniary interest in the other matter under consideration.
(2) Paragraph (1) above does not apply to membership of or employment under any public body, and a member of a company or other body shall not by reason of his membership be treated as having an interest in any contract, proposed contract or other matter if he has no beneficial interest in any securities of that company or other body.
(3) In the case of married persons living together the interest of one spouse shall, if known to the other, be deemed for the purposes of article 5 above, to be also an interest of the other.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2391/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-provisions-in-relation-to-the-ncis-service-authority-no-2-order-1997/article-6
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