Part 1Registration of consultant lobbyists
Keeping the register
I1I25Notification of client information and changes
1
A registered person must submit an information return to the Registrar for each quarter.
2
The information return for a quarter must contain—
a
either the client information for that quarter or a statement under subsection (5), and
b
details of any change in that quarter in the particulars included in the register under section 4(2).
3
The client information for a quarter is—
a
if the registered person engaged in lobbying in the quarter in return for payment (whether or not the payment has been received), the name of the person or persons on whose behalf the lobbying was done, and
b
if the registered person received payment in the quarter to engage in lobbying (whether or not the lobbying has been done), the name of the person or persons on whose behalf the lobbying is or was to be done.
4
Regulations may specify other information about the persons mentioned in subsection (3) which must be included in an information return.
5
A statement under this subsection is a statement that, in the quarter in question, the registered person neither engaged in lobbying in return for payment nor received payment to engage in lobbying.
6
The information return for a quarter must be submitted before the end of the period of 2 weeks beginning immediately after the end of the quarter.