Article 15-2. Resolving potential conflicts of interest The Anti-Corruption Law

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1. The persons referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 15 of this Law shall independently take measures to eliminate potential conflicts of interest.

2. In case of difficulty in establishing the existence or absence of a potential conflict of interests, the persons specified in paragraph 1 of Article 15 of this Law have the right to send a written request to the persons or services specified in paragraph 2 of Article 15-1 of this Law.

3. The persons and services specified in paragraph 2 of Article 15-1 of this Law shall immediately, but no later than three working days from the date of receipt of a request or other information about a potential conflict of interest, issue a conclusion on the presence or absence of a potential conflict of interest.

In the event of a potential conflict of interest, an opinion with recommendations for its resolution shall be submitted to the person authorized to take the measures provided for in paragraph 4 of this article, with simultaneous notification to the person who has a potential conflict of interest, his immediate supervisor and (or) other interested parties.

In the absence of a potential conflict of interest, the report is submitted to the person who sent the request or to other interested parties.

4. A person who has the right to make a decision must immediately, but no later than ten working days from the date of receipt of the conclusion on the existence of a potential conflict of interest, take any of the following measures within his competence to resolve it:

1) assign another employee (employee) to perform the official duties of the employee (employee) on an issue in connection with which a conflict of interests may arise;

2) change the official powers of an employee (employee) who may have a conflict of interest;

3) take other measures provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and (or) internal acts of a state body, organization or quasi-public sector entity.

5. The first head of a government agency, organization, or quasi-public sector entity is required to delegate timely authority for objective decision-making on an issue on which he may have a conflict of interest to his deputy or another authorized person.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 18, 2015 No. 410-V SAM.

This Law regulates public relations in the field of combating corruption and is aimed at implementing the anti-corruption policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.