10Information in the Lobbyists Register
(1)
The following information is required to be
included in the Lobbyists Register in respect of each registered third-party
lobbyist:
(a)
the name and business contact details of the
lobbyist,
(b)
the names of the individuals engaged to undertake
the lobbying of Government officials for the lobbyist,
(c)
the names of the persons having a management,
financial or other interest in the lobbyist of a kind prescribed by the
regulations,
(d)
the names of the third parties who have retained
the lobbyist to provide, or for whom the lobbyist has provided, lobbying
services (whether paid or unpaid),
(e)
such other information relating to the lobbyist
as the regulations may prescribe or the Electoral Commission considers
appropriate.
(2)
A registered third-party lobbyist is required to
update the information in the Lobbyists Register, in writing to the Electoral
Commission, at such times or at the end of such periods as the regulations
require.
(3)
The Electoral Commission may, at the request of a
lobbyist, exclude information in the Lobbyists Register from being made
publicly available if the Electoral Commission is satisfied that there is an
overriding public interest against disclosure of the information (within the
meaning of the Government Information (Public Access)
Act 2009).
(4)
The Electoral Commission may decline to include
in the Lobbyists Register any information that the Electoral Commission has
reason to believe is vexatious, false or misleading.
(5)
Information is required to be included in the
Lobbyists Register of:
(a)
any lobbyist whose registration has been
cancelled or suspended (otherwise than because the lobbyist no longer provides
lobbying services or undertakes lobbying), or
(b)
any unregistered lobbyist whom the Electoral
Commission has determined is ineligible to be registered for the period
specified by the Electoral Commission.
(6)
Information is to be retained in the Lobbyists
Register until the end of the period provided by the
regulations.
(7)
Information required to be retained in the
Lobbyists Register, but that is no longer current, is to indicate the period
for which it was current.
Note—
It is an offence under Part 5A of the Crimes Act 1900 to knowingly provide
false or misleading information or to knowingly produce documents that are
false or misleading in purported compliance with a law of the
State.
s 10: Ins 2014 No 30,
Sch 3 [3].