Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016

Voluntary registrants

14Voluntary registration

(1)A person may apply to the Clerk to be entered in the register as a voluntary registrant (unless the person is already an active registrant).

(2)The application must—

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

(b)include the information mentioned in section 5 in relation to the applicant’s identity.

(3)The Clerk may—

(a)enter the applicant in the register, or

(b)refuse to enter the applicant in the register.

(4)The Clerk may—

(a)remove a voluntary registrant from the register if, following an application by the voluntary registrant or otherwise, the Clerk considers it appropriate to do so,

(b)update the register accordingly if a voluntary registrant is instead entered in the register as an active registrant.