Part 1Registration of consultant lobbyists
Keeping the register
6Duty to update register
(1)
The Registrar must keep the register up to date.
(2)
In particular, the Registrar must comply with subsections (3) and (4).
(3)
Where a person applies, in accordance with regulations, to be entered in the register, the Registrar must register the person before the end of the period of 4 working days beginning with the day after the day on which the application is received.
(4)
The Registrar must update the register to include any information or change which is notified in an information return.
(5)
The Registrar must comply with subsection (4)—
(a)
if the return is received before the end of the period specified in section 5(6), before the end of the period of 4 working days beginning with the day after the day on which the return is received, or
(b)
if the return is received after the end of that period, before the end of the period of 8 working days beginning with the day after the day on which the return is received.
(6)
If the Registrar has reasonable grounds for believing that a registered person is not (or is no longer) a consultant lobbyist, the Registrar may decide that—
(a)
the person's entry should include a statement to that effect, or
(b)
the person's entry should be removed from the register.
(7)
In this section “working day” means any day other than—
(a)
a Saturday or Sunday, or
(b)
a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.