Mr. Gerard Egan:

There is a section in the Planning and Development Act that deals with the matter. Section 148 provides for situations where there might be a conflict of interest in an individual case that becomes apparent to any employee of the board or a board member. To look out for that is codified in section 148. Our own code of conduct provides procedures whereby when that arises, the employee or board member would, when he or she becomes aware that there is a conflict of interest, absent himself or herself if he or she is a board member from any meeting dealing with that case. In the case of an employee, he or she would have nothing to do with the case.