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1(1)A person does not, by reason of making a communication, carry on the business of consultant lobbying if—
(a)the person carries on a business which consists mainly of non-lobbying activities, and
(b)the making of the communication is incidental to the carrying on of those activities.
(2)In sub-paragraph (1) “non-lobbying activities” are activities other than making, on behalf of another person or persons, communications which—
(a)relate to any of the matters mentioned in section 2(3)(a) to (d), and
(b)are made to any of the persons within sub-paragraph (3).
(3)The persons are—
(a)members of, and office-holders in, government, and
(b)officials and members of staff of government.
(4)For the purposes of this paragraph, “government” includes—
(a)Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom,
(b)the Scottish Administration,
(c)the Welsh Assembly Government,
(d)the First Minister, the deputy First Minister, the Northern Ireland Ministers and any Northern Ireland department,
(e)the Government of any sovereign Power other than the United Kingdom,
(f)local government in any part of the United Kingdom, and
(g)any institution of the European Union;
(and the references to “the government” in section 2(3)(a) to (d) as applied by sub-paragraph (2)(a) are to be read accordingly).
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