Singapore legislation
Section 28
Section 28
Application to committees of public bodies
(1)
This section applies where a public body is permitted by its constitutional Act to appoint committees from among its members or other individuals —
to advise the public body on any matters relating to the public body’s functions that are referred to the committee by the public body; or
to perform or exercise any of the public body’s functions that are delegated to the committee.
(2)
An individual may not be appointed as a member of such a committee of a public body unless, before appointment, he or she discloses to the public body the details of any interest the individual has at that time, or is likely to have, in matters relating to the committee if he or she were a member of that committee.
(3)
Sections 23 to 27 apply to such a committee and the committee’s members subject to the following modifications:
the reference in those sections to a relevant matter is a reference to a relevant matter (within the meaning of section 23) regulated or managed by the committee;
the reference in those sections to a member of the public body is a reference to a committee member;
the reference in section 25 to disclosing details of an interest in a relevant matter to the responsible Minister for the public body is a reference to disclosing those details to the public body;
the reference in section 26 to a discussion, decision, activity or meeting of the public body is a reference to a discussion, decision, activity or meeting of the committee;
the reference in section 27 to the public body reporting to the responsible Minister is a reference to the committee reporting to the public body.