Part 1Registration of consultant lobbyists

Compliance

I1I29Notice to supply information

1

In connection with the duty under section 8, the Registrar may serve a notice (an “information notice”) on a person mentioned in subsection (2) requiring the person to supply information specified in the notice.

2

The persons are—

a

any registered person;

b

any person who is not entered in the register but whom the Registrar has reasonable grounds for believing to be a consultant lobbyist.

3

Regulations may specify descriptions of information which the Registrar may not require a person to supply under this section.

4

An information notice must—

a

specify the form in which the information must be supplied,

b

specify the date by which the information must be supplied, and

c

contain particulars of the right to appeal under section 11.

5

The date specified under subsection (4)(b) must not be before the end of the period within which an appeal under section 11 can be brought.

6

Section 10 sets out limitations on—

a

what information is required to be supplied under a notice, and

b

how information which is supplied may be used.

7

Where an information notice has been served on a person, the Registrar may cancel it by serving written notice to that effect on the person.