Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014

1. Introduction

2. Summary and Background

3. Overview of the Structure of the Act

4. Territorial Extent and Application

5. Commentary on Sections

   1. Part 1 – Registration of Consultant Lobbyists

      1. Section 1: Prohibition on consultant lobbying unless registered

      2. Section 2: Meaning of consultant lobbying and Schedule 1: Carrying on the business of consultant lobbying

      3. Section 3: The Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists, Section 4: The Register and Schedule 2: The Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists

      4. Section 5: Notification of client information and changes

      5. Section 6: Duty to update the register and Section 7: Duty to publish the register

      6. Section 8: Duty to monitor

      7. Sections 9 and 10: Notice to supply information and limitations on duty to supply information and use of information supplied

      8. Section 11: Right to appeal against information notice

      9. Section 12: Offences and Section 13: Bodies corporate and Scottish partnerships

      10. Section 14: Civil penalties

      11. Section 15: Notice of intention to impose civil penalty

      12. Section 16: Imposition of penalty

      13. Section 17: Right to appeal against imposition of a civil penalty

      14. Section 18: Civil penalties and criminal proceedings

      15. Section 19: Enforcement

      16. Section 20: Further provision about civil penalties

      17. Section 21: Guidance

      18. Section 22: Charges

      19. Section 23: Power to make further provision; Section 24: Regulations; and Section 25: Interpretation

   2. Part 2Non-Party Campaigning Etc.

      1. Section 26: Meaning of “controlled expenditure”

      2. Schedule 3: Controlled expenditure: qualifying expenses

      3. Section 27: Arrangements between third parties notified to the Electoral Commission

      4. Section 28: Changes to existing limits

      5. Section 29: Constituency limits

      6. Section 30: Targeted expenditure limits

      7. Section 31: Extension of power to vary specified sums

      8. Section 32: Recognised third parties

      9. Section 33 and Schedule 4: Reporting of donations to recognised third parties

      10. Section 34: Returns as to controlled expenditure

      11. Section 35: Statements of accounts by recognised third parties

      12. Section 36: Third party expenditure in respect of candidates

      13. Section 37: Candidate’s personal expenses not to count for local election expenses limit in England and Wales

      14. Section 38: Functions of Electoral Commission with respect to compliance

      15. Section 39: Post-election review

   3. Part 3 - Trade Unions’ Registers of Members

      1. Section 40: Duty to provide membership audit certificate

      2. Section 41: Duty to appoint assurer etc

      3. Section 42: Investigatory powers

      4. Section 43: Enforcement

   4. Part 4 - Supplementary

      1. Section 45: Commencement

      2. Section 46: Transitional provision

      3. Section 47: Power to make consequential provision

      4. Section 48: Extent

      5. Section 49: Short title

6. Commencement

7. Hansard References