Prejudicial interest
In Welsh local authority politics, the term prejudicial interest is used to describe a particular type of conflict of interest involving councillors.An example would be a councillor discussing a planning application for a company in which he or she has an interest.Anyone can make an allegation of an undeclared prejudicial interest, but this can only be investigated after the event.Until abolished in 2012, there was a similar system in England, where the Standards Board for England was the body responsible for investigating allegations of breaches of the statutory Model Code of Conduct.With effect from 2012, this system was replaced by a new criminal offence of failing to declare Disclosable Pecuniary Interests.