Elected Members are required by law to register their disclosable pecuniary (financial) interests, as well as any other registerable interests, with the Monitoring Officer within 28 days of taking office. The Register is published on the Council’s website.
Register Form
Download the Wealden Register of Interests form below. This form should be used by members of all town and parish councils in Wealden and members of Wealden District Council. Members should download and complete the Register of Interest form and return it to the Monitoring Officer at Monitoring.Officer@Wealden.gov.uk
Wealden Register of Interests Form (word)
Wealden Register of Interests Form (pdf)
Sensitive Interests
If you consider that the disclosure of the details of any of your interest(s) could lead to you, or a person connected with you, being subject to violence or intimidation, and you would like these details withheld from the public register of interests please complete Part C of the Register of Interests form. If the Monitoring Officer agrees that your interest(s) constitutes a sensitive interest for the purposes of section 32 of the Localism Act 2011, the information will be recorded but the copy of the register made available for public inspection will specify that an interest has been disclosed but is withheld under Section 32 of the Localism Act and with the agreement of the Monitoring Officer.
Changes to your Register
After the initial registration, any subsequent interests or changes to existing interests must be notified to the Monitoring Officer within 28 days of becoming aware of the change. Please complete a new Register of Interest form and return it to the Monitoring Officer at Monitoring.Officer@Wealden.gov.uk
Further Guidance
The Government Guidance on Openness and Transparency provides basic practical guidance on transparency and personal interests.
Guidance on Local Government Association Councillor Code of Conduct for Local Councils