Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015

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Number 5 of 2015


REGULATION OF LOBBYING ACT 2015

CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title and commencement

2. Review of Act

3. Expenses

4. Regulations

5. Meaning of carrying on lobbying activities

6. Designated public officials

7. Other definitions

PART 2

Registration

8. Requirement to register

9. Register of Lobbying

10. Content and public availability of Register

11. Details to be supplied by applicants for inclusion on Register

12. Returns to be made by registered persons

13. Requirement for further or corrected information

14. Delayed publication

15. Evidence of entries on Register

PART 3

Code of Conduct and Guidance

16. Code of conduct

17. Guidance

PART 4

Enforcement

18. Relevant contraventions

19. Power to carry out investigation

20. Offences

21. Fixed payments

PART 5

Miscellaneous and Supplementary

22. Restrictions on post-term employment as lobbyist

23. Appeals

24. Further appeal on point of law

25. Reports by Commission

26. Delegation of functions by Commission

27. Amendments relating to Commission

SCHEDULE

Bodies that are not Public Service Bodies


Acts Referred to

Companies Acts

Data Protection Act 1988 (No. 25)

Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (No. 22)

Forestry Act 1988 (No. 26)

Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003

Harbours Acts 1946 to 2005

Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37)

Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vic, c. 93)

Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2014

Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (No. 45)

Public Service Management Act 1997 (No. 27)

Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (No. 37)

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26)

Superannuation Acts

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39)

Trade Union Act 1941 (No. 22)

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Number 5 of 2015


REGULATION OF LOBBYING ACT 2015


An Act to provide for establishing and maintaining a register of persons who carry on lobbying activities; to provide for a code of conduct relating to carrying on lobbying activities; to impose restrictions on involvement in lobbying by certain former designated public officials; to amend the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995; and to provide for related matters.

[11 th March, 2015]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: