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

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

2014 CHAPTER 4

Commentary on Sections

Part 1 – Registration of Consultant Lobbyists

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

40. The Registrar must keep the register up to date by processing register entries, and updates to entries, within 4 working days of receiving them if they are received by the Registrar within the 2 week period set by section 5(6), or within 8 working days where updates are received after that deadline.

41. If the Registrar considers that a registered person is no longer a consultant lobbyist, the Registrar may mark the entry as inactive or remove it from the register.

42. The Registrar must publish the register online and in any other format he or she thinks appropriate. The Registrar may also publish the historic entries, in part or in full, of persons who were previously entered on the Register but who are no longer registered.