{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-authorities-appointments-etc-regulations-1983/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1983/1318",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Authorities (Appointments, etc) Regulations 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-authorities-appointments-etc-regulations-1983",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If a member of a water authority has any pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, in any contract, proposed contract or other matter, and is present at a meeting of the authority or any subsidiary of the authority at which the contract or other matter is the subject of consideration, he shall at the meeting and as soon as practicable after its commencement disclose the fact and shall not take part in the consideration or discussion of the contract or other matter or vote on any question with respect to it.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this regulation, a member of a water authority shall be treated, subject to the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of this regulation, as having indirectly a pecuniary interest in a contract, proposed contract or other matter, if—\n(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\n(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.\n(3) Paragraph (2) of this regulation does not apply to a member of a local authority in respect of his membership of that authority.\n(4) In the case of married persons living together the interests of one spouse or that spouse's nominee shall be deemed for the purposes of paragraph (2) of this regulation to be also an interest of the other.\n(5) A general notice given in writing to an officer of the authority appointed for the purposes of this regulation by a member thereof that he or his spouse or any nominee of his or his spouse is a member or is in the employment of a specified company or other body, or that he or his spouse is a partner of, or is in the employment of, a specified person shall, unless and until the notice is withdrawn, be deemed to be a sufficient disclosure of his interest in any contract, proposed contract or other matter relating to that company or other body or to that person which may be the subject of consideration by the authority or any subsidiary of the authority after the date of the notice.\n(6) The officer of a water authority appointed for the purposes of this regulation shall record in a book to be kept for the purpose particulars of any disclosure made under paragraph (1) of this regulation, and the book shall be kept open at all reasonable hours to inspection by any member of the authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/1318/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:57:47.569492+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}