AI-assisted research summary: A person elected as a council member must file a disclosure statement with the community administrative officer before taking up council powers or duties.
Conflict of Interest Regulation, M.R. 254/2006 The Northern Affairs Act , C.C.S.M. c. N100 Regulation 254/2006 Registered December 19, 2006 bilingual version (HTML) Table of Contents Section 1 Definition: "Act" 2 Application 3 Contracts not invalidating membership 4 Maximum amount re labour or services 5 Initial statement of assets and interest 6 Coming into force Definition: "Act" 1 In this regulation, "Act" means The Municipal Council Conflict of Interest Act . Application 2(1) In applying the provisions of the Act, a reference in the Act to (a) "clerk of the municipality" and "clerk of every municipality" is to be read as a reference to a community administrative officer; (b) "council" is to be read as a reference to a council of a community; (c) "councillor" is to be read as a reference to a member; (d) "municipality", except in clause 10(e) of the Act, is to be read as a reference to a community; and (e) "The Municipal Board" is to be read as a reference to the minister. 2(2) Section 3 and subsections 7(4) and 18(2) of the Act do not apply. Contracts not invalidating membership 3 Despite the provisions of the Act, a member shall be presumed not to have a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in respect of the following: (a) a contract awarded by public tender, if the member does not participate in discussion or vote on a question affecting the contract; (b) a contract for goods made in an emergency; (c) a mortgage on land to the council or a purchase or lease of land from the council, provided (i) the mortgage, purchase agreement or lease existed before the person was elected, and (ii) there are no arrears on the mortgage, agreement or lease; (d) a lease or tenancy agreement with the council or an extension or renewal of a lease or tenancy agreement according to its terms, provided the person first entered into it before being elected. Maximum amount re labour or services 4(1) For the purpose of clause 86(1)⁠(e) of The Northern Affairs Act , a member of council is disqualified from council if he or she receives from the community or an affiliated body of a community, a fee, salary, wage or any other payment for labour or services in excess of $8,000. in a year. 4(2) The following must be excluded when calculating the amount a member has received from the community for the purposes of subsection (1): (a) compensation received in respect of a contract awarded by public tender; (b) reasonable compensation or expense money received for services as a volunteer firefighter or a driver or attendant of an emergency vehicle; (c) reasonable compensation received for providing labour or services to the community (i) in an emergency, or (ii) in an urgent situation, provided (A) no other person is qualified and available to provide the labour or services, and (B) the labour or services are provided within a time period that does not exceed 90 days in duration. Initial statement of assets and interest 5(1) A person elected as a member of a council must make and file with the community administrative officer a statement disclosing assets and interests in accordance with section 10 of the Act, in the form approved by the minister, and the person may not carry out a power, duty or function as a member of council until the statement is filed. 5(2) In the year in which he or she was elected, a member who files a statement under subsection (1) is not required to file a statement under subsection 9(1) of the Act. Coming into force 6 This regulation comes into force on the same day that The Northern Affairs Act , S.M. 2006, c. 34, comes into force.