Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016
Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 (2016 asp 16)
- Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 (2016 asp 16)
- PART 1 Core concepts
- 1 Regulated lobbying
- 2 Government or parliamentary functions
- PART 2 The lobbying register
- The register
- 3 Lobbying register
- 4 Content of register
- 5 Information about identity
- 6 Information about regulated lobbying activity
- 7 Additional information
- Active registrants
- 8 Duty to register
- 9 Application for registration
- 10 Entry in the register
- 11 Information returns
- Inactive registrants
- 12 Reclassification as an inactive registrant on application
- 13 Reclassification as an inactive registrant without application
- Voluntary registrants
- 14 Voluntary registration
- Further provision
- 15 Power to specify requirements about the register
- PART 3 Oversight and enforcement
- Duty to monitor
- 16 Clerk's duty to monitor compliance
- Information notices
- 17 Clerk's power to require information
- 18 Limitations on duty to supply information and use of information supplied
- 19 Appeal against information notice
- 20 Power to make further provision about information notices
- 21 Offences relating to information notices
- Investigation of complaints
- 22 Commissioner's duty to investigate and report on complaint
- 23 Requirements for complaint to be admissible
- 24 Procedure for assessing admissibility of complaint
- 25 Investigation of complaint
- 26 Commissioner's report on complaint
- 27 Parliament's action on receipt of report
- 28 Withdrawal of complaint
- 29 Commissioner's discretionary reports to Parliament
- 30 Restriction on Commissioner's advice
- 31 Directions to the Commissioner
- Investigations: witnesses and documents
- 32 Power to call for witnesses and documents etc.
- 33 Notice
- 34 Exceptions to requirement to answer question or produce document
- 35 Evidence under oath
- 36 Offences relating to Commissioner's investigation
- 37 Restriction on disclosure of information
- Commissioner's functions
- 38 Commissioner's functions etc.
- 39 Investigation of performance of Commissioner's functions
- Disposal of complaints
- 40 Parliament's power to censure
- Further provision
- 41 Power to make further provision about Parliament's procedures etc.
- Offences
- 42 Offences relating to registration and information returns
- PART 4 Guidance, code of conduct and Public Awareness
- 43 Parliamentary guidance
- 44 Code of conduct for persons lobbying MSPs
- 45 Public awareness and understanding of Act
- PART 5 Final provisions
- 46 Offences by bodies corporate etc.
- 47 Interpretation
- 48 Parliamentary resolutions
- 49 Application of Act to trusts
- 50 Report on operation of Act
- 51 Ancillary provision
- 52 Commencement
- 53 Short title
- SCHEDULE COMMUNICATIONS WHICH ARE NOT LOBBYING
- Communications made on individual's own behalf
- Communications made to member for constituency or region
- Communications not made in return for payment
- Communications by small organisations
- Communications in Parliament or required under statute.
- Communications made on request
- Cross-party groups
- Journalism
- Communications in relation to terms and conditions of employment
- Communications by political parties
- Communications by judiciary
- Communications by Her Majesty
- Government and Parliament communications etc.
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