30. A Member must refuse or, at the first opportunity and after requesting an advisory opinion from the Ethics Commissioner, return to the donor or deliver to the Ethics Commissioner any gift, hospitality or other benefit, whatever its value, that may impair his or her independence of judgment in carrying out the duties of office, or that may compromise the Member’s integrity or that of the National Assembly. If the Member refuses such a benefit, he or she so informs the Ethics Commissioner in writing.