# The Police Act 1997 (Provisions in relation to the NCIS Service Authority) Order 1998, Article E4: Removal or exclusion of disability etc.


(1) The Secretary of State may, subject to such conditions as he may think fit to impose, remove any disability imposed by article E1 above in any case in which the number of members of the Authority disabled by that article at any one time would be so great a proportion of the whole as to impede the transaction of business.
(2) The power of the Secretary of State under paragraph (1) above includes power to remove, either indefinitely or for any period, any such disability which would otherwise attach to any member, or any class or description of member, by reason of such interests, and in respect of such matters, as may be specified by the Secretary of State.
(3) Nothing in article E1 above precludes any person from taking part in the consideration or discussion of, or voting on, any question whether an application should be made to the Secretary of State for the exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs (1) and (2) above.
(4) Article E1 above does not apply to an interest in a contract, proposed contract or other matter which a member of the Authority has as an inhabitant of any area, or to an interest in any matter relating to the terms in which a right to participate in any service, including the supply of goods, is offered to the public,
(5) For the purposes of article E1 above a member of the Authority shall not be treated as having a pecuniary interest in any contract, proposed contract or other matter by reason only of an interest of his or of any company, body or person with which he is connected as mentioned in article E2(1) above which is so remote or insignificant that it cannot reasonably be regarded as likely to influence a member in the consideration or discussion of, or in voting on, any question with respect to that contract or matter.
(6) Where a member of the Authority has an indirect pecuniary interest in a contract, proposed contract or other matter by reason only of a beneficial interest in securities of a company or other body, and the total nominal value of those securities does not exceed £5000 or one-hundredth of the total nominal value of the issued share capital of the company or body, whichever is the less, and if the share capital is of more than one class, the total nominal value of shares of any one class in which he has a beneficial interest does not exceed one-hundredth of the total issued share capital of that class, article E1 above shall not prohibit him from taking part in the consideration or discussion of the contract or other matter or from voting on any question with respect to it, without prejudice, however, to his duty to disclose his interest.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/633/article/E4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-provisions-in-relation-to-the-ncis-service-authority-order-1998/article-E4
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