About the model form
The model DOPI asks questions about an employee’s private interests and probity. Your organisation can choose to use the model DOPI if the organisation’s conflict of interest policy requires certain employees, such as executives, to complete a DOPI:
- annually
- at other times specified in the organisation’s policy.
If a conflict of interest is identified in a DOPI answer, the usual process set out in the organisation’s policy for managing a conflict of interest will then be followed.
Declaration of Private Interests (DOPI) form for employees
Who can use the model DOPI
The model DOPI can be used by all public sector organisations. For example:
- government departments
- administrative offices
- public entities
- special bodies under section 6 of the Public Administration Act 2004.
Model DOPI is not binding
Your organisation can develop its own policy and forms. It is not under any obligation to use the model DOPI. It can also choose to adapt the model DOPI to take into account
- the organisation’s functions
- any obligations about conflict of interest in its establishing Act or terms of reference.
Example: Adapting the model DOPI
In our model DOPI, one category of employees who must complete a DOPI is employees with a financial delegation of $20,000 or more.
Some organisations choose to reduce this delegation level to a lower amount. For example, because the organisation is vulnerable in this area due to the work of its employees perform.
Different organisations have different needs
The ability to adapt the model DOPI – or to not use it at all – recognises that different public sector organisations have different functions, risks, operating models and establishing frameworks.