The Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Miscellaneous Amendments and Repeals) Order 1990
Section 97(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 provides that a member of a local authority does not have to declare an interest for the purposes of section 94 of the 1972 Act in any contract, proposed contract or other matter, which he has as a ratepayer or inhabitant of the area or as an ordinary consumer of water.