PART 2The lobbying register
The register
3Lobbying register
1
The Clerk must establish and maintain a lobbying register (the “register”), containing information about active registrants, inactive registrants and voluntary registrants.
2
The Clerk must publish, by such means as the Clerk considers appropriate, the information about active registrants which is contained in the register.
3
But the Clerk may withhold from publication information relating to an individual if the Clerk considers that it would be inappropriate to make that information publicly available.
4
The Clerk may publish, by such means as the Clerk considers appropriate, such information as the Clerk considers appropriate about—
a
inactive registrants, and
b
voluntary registrants.
5
In exercising functions under this Part, the Clerk must have regard to the parliamentary guidance (see section 43).
6
In this Part—
“active registrant” means a person entered in the register under section 10,
“inactive registrant” means a person entered in the register as an inactive registrant under section 12 or 13,
“voluntary registrant” means a person entered in the register as a voluntary registrant under section 14.
4Content of register
1
The register must contain an entry for each registrant setting out the information about the registrant's identity mentioned in section 5.
2
In relation to an active or inactive registrant, the register must also contain—
a
the information about the registrant's regulated lobbying activity mentioned in section 6, and
b
additional information provided by the registrant mentioned in section 7.
5Information about identity
The information about the registrant's identity is—
a
in the case of an individual—
i
the individual's name, and
ii
the address of the individual's main place of business (or, if there is no such place, the individual's residence),
b
in the case of a company (within the meaning of the Companies Act 2006)—
i
the name of the company,
ii
its registered number,
iii
the address of its registered office,
iv
the names of its directors and of any secretary, and
v
the names of any shadow directors,
(each of those expressions having the same meaning as in that Act),
c
in the case of a partnership (including a limited liability partnership)—
i
the name of the partnership,
ii
the names of the partners, and
iii
the address of its main office or place of business, and
d
in the case of any other person—
i
the name of the person, and
ii
the address of the person's main office or place of business.
6Information about regulated lobbying activity
1
The information about the registrant's regulated lobbying activity is information submitted by the registrant about instances of the registrant engaging in regulated lobbying.
2
That is, in relation to each instance of regulated lobbying—
a
the name of the person lobbied,
b
the date on which the person was lobbied,
c
the location at which the person was lobbied,
d
a description of the meeting, event or other circumstances in which the lobbying occurred,
e
the name of the individual who made the communication falling within section 1(1),
f
either—
i
a statement that the lobbying was undertaken on the registrant's own behalf, or
ii
the name of the person on whose behalf the lobbying was undertaken, and
g
the purpose of the lobbying.
7Additional information
The additional information provided by the registrant is—
a
any information submitted by the registrant about—
i
whether there is an undertaking by the registrant to comply with a code of conduct which governs regulated lobbying (whether or not it also governs other activities) and is available for public inspection,
ii
where a copy of the code may be inspected, and
iii
any individual given responsibility by the registrant for monitoring the registrant's compliance with the code, and
b
such other information provided by the registrant which the Clerk considers appropriate to include in the register.