Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023

Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act

6. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) Subject to subsection (2), a registered person whose entry on the Register has been marked under section 11(4) with a statement indicating that the person has ceased to carry on lobbying activities shall not carry on such activities.”,

and

(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) A person does not contravene subsection (1) or (1A), as the case may be—

(a) in the first relevant period in which the person carries on lobbying activities if the person becomes a registered person before the relevant date, or

(b) in the case of a person referred to in subsection (1A), in the first relevant period in which the person recommences lobbying activities if the person complies with the requirements of section 11(5) before the relevant date.”.