Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016

11 Information returns

(1) An active registrant must submit to the Clerk an information return in respect of—

(a) the period of 6 months beginning with—

(i) in the case of a registrant who provided information under section 8(1), the date on which the relevant period mentioned in that section began in relation to that person, or

(ii) in the case of a registrant who applied under section 9(1), the date of the application, and

(b) each subsequent period of 6 months.

(2) The information return must be submitted—

(a) in such form as the Clerk may determine,

(b) before the end of the period of 2 weeks beginning immediately after the end of the period to which the return relates.

(3) The first information return submitted by a registrant mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(i) must contain—

(a) either—

(i) the information mentioned in section 6 in relation to each instance of the registrant engaging in regulated lobbying during the period in question (other than information provided under section 8(1)(b)), or

(ii) a statement that, during the period in question, other than the registrant’s first instance of regulated lobbying, the registrant did not engage in regulated lobbying, and

(b) if any information included in the register in relation to the registrant is or has become inaccurate, information about the changes that have occurred.

(4) Every other information return submitted by a registrant under this section must contain—

(a) either—

(i) the information mentioned in section 6 in relation to each instance of the registrant engaging in regulated lobbying during the period in question, or

(ii) a statement that, during the period in question, the registrant did not engage in regulated lobbying, and

(b) if any information included in the register in relation to the registrant is or has become inaccurate, information about the changes that have occurred.

(5) An active registrant may, at any time, notify the Clerk in writing—

(a) if any information included in the register in relation to that registrant has become inaccurate, about the changes that have occurred,

(b) about information of the type mentioned in section 7(a),

(c) about such other information which the registrant wishes to include in the register.

(6) The Clerk must, as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving an information return or information under subsection (5), update the register to include—

(a) the information contained in the information return or as the case may be provided under subsection (5)(a) or (b),

(b) any information provided under subsection (5)(c) which the Clerk considers appropriate to include in the register.