Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 (c. 4)

Part 1 U.K. Registration of consultant lobbyists

Civil penalties U.K.

14 Civil penalties U.K.

(1) The Registrar may impose a civil penalty on a person (in accordance with sections 15 to 18) if the Registrar is satisfied that the person's conduct amounts to an offence under any of subsections (1) to (4) of section 12.

(2) For this purpose—

(a) section 12(5) (defence of due diligence) is to be ignored, and

(b) a person's conduct includes a failure to act.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 14 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/954, art. 2