Register of interests

Councillor Jasvir K Chohan

I, Councillor Jasvir K Chohan , a Member of the Council, give notice, as I am required to do under the Localism Act 2011 and the Council’s Code of Conduct, that I or my partner have the following disclosable pecuniary interests:

1. Any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain.
Description of activity Name of employer or body etc.
I receive a state pension, but also work for 4 hours per week as a carer and advisor for my employer. Unspecified.
My husband also receives a state pension Unspecified.
2. Any payment or provision of any other financial benefit (other than from the Borough Council) made or provided to me in respect of any expenses incurred by me in carrying out duties as a member, or towards my election expenses, including any payment or financial benefit from a trade union.
Name of person or body making payments
Contributions have been paid to me toward my election expenses from Oadby & Wigston Liberal Democrat Party.
3. Any contract which is made between me or any relevant person (or a body in which I or any relevant person has a beneficial interest) and the Council: (a) under which goods or services are to be provided or works are to be executed; and (b) which has not been fully discharged.
Description of contract
None.
4. Any beneficial interest in land which is within the Council’s area.
Address and/or description of land Nature of interest in land
53 Rosemead Drive, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 5SD Our house shared with my husband.
5. Any licence (alone or jointly with others) to occupy land in the Council’s area for a month or longer.
Address and/or description of land Nature of interest in land
Flat 8 Tomlinson Court, Harborough Road, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 4LF I have jointly rented a flat with my son.
6. Any tenancy where: (a) the landlord is the Council; and (b) the tenant is a body in which I or a relevant person has a beneficial interest.
Address and/or description of property Nature of interest in property
N/A N/A
7. Any beneficial interest in securities of a body where: (a) that body has a place of business or land in the Council’s area; and (b) either: (i) the total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body; or (ii) if the share capital of that body is of more than one class, the total nominal value of the shares of any one class in which the relevant person has a beneficial interest exceeds one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that class.
Description of securities Nature of interest in securities
N/A N/A
8. I am a member, or am in a position of general control or management, of the following bodies to which I have been appointed or nominated by the Council.
Name of body and address Position held
N/A N/A
9. I am a member, or am in a position of general control or management, of the following bodies exercising functions of a public nature.
Name of body and address Position held
N/A N/A
10. I am a member, or am in a position of general control or management, of the following bodies directed to charitable purposes.
Name of body and address Position held
Gurdwara Guru Tegh Bahadur, 106 East Park Road, Leicester Member
11. I am a member, or am in a position of general control or management, of the following bodies, one of whose principal purposes includes the influence of public opinion or policy (including any political party or trade union).
Name of body and address Position held
Liberal Democrat Party Member

I, Councillor Jasvir K Chohan, further voluntarily give notice, acknowledging that I am not required to do so under the Code, of the following other interests:

12. I have the following other voluntary interests that I desire to bring to the public’s attention through the Register:
Further interests
None.

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES - A Member must within 28 days of becoming aware of any change to the interests specified above or to the circumstances affecting the disclosure of sensitive information complete this electronic form to provide notification of that change to the Monitoring Officer and/or Deputy Monitoring Officer.

SENSITIVE INFORMATION - Where Members consider that publication on the Council’s website or availability for inspection by the public of information relating to any interest creates, or is likely to create, a serious risk that they or a person connected to them may be subjected to violence or intimidation, it will, where the Monitoring Officer considers it appropriate, not be included in the publicly available version of the Register. Please contact the Monitoring Officer and/or Deputy Monitoring Officer for further advice.

PUBLICATION - Entries in the Register of Interests will be available for public inspection at the Borough Council’s offices and published on the Borough Council’s website under each of the Members' online profiles.

SUBMISSION - I recognise that, by submitting this electronic form for sign-off, it will be a breach of the Members’ Code of Conduct and, in respect of disclosable pecuniary interests, a criminal offence: (a) to omit information that ought to be registered and to keep the Register updated; (b) knowingly or recklessly provides information that is false or misleading; (c) not to disclose an interest at a meeting in the manner required by the Code when a matter relating to or affecting any of the interests I have registered is discussed; and/or (d) participate in the consideration of a matter in which I have an interest where this is prohibited by the Code.