Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015
Number 5 of 2015
REGULATION OF LOBBYING ACT 2015
REVISED
Updated to 1 October 2020
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (15/2020), enacted 2 October 2020, and all statutory instruments up to and including Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 399 of 2020), made 30 September 2020, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 5 of 2015
REGULATION OF LOBBYING ACT 2015
REVISED
Updated to 1 October 2020
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
This Act is not collectively cited with any other Act.
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
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www.lawreform.ie/annotations.
Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019)
• Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018)
• Roads Act 2015 (14/2015)
All Acts up to and including Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (15/2020), enacted 2 October 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 144 of 2019)
• Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 362 of 2016)
• Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Fixed Payment Notice) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 361 of 2016)
• Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 360 of 2016)
• Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 367 of 2015)
• Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Appeals) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 366 of 2015)
• Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 152 of 2015)
All statutory instruments up to and including Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 399 of 2020), made 30 September 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 5 of 2015
REGULATION OF LOBBYING ACT 2015
REVISED
Updated to 1 October 2020
CONTENTS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement
5. Meaning of carrying on lobbying activities
6. Designated public officials
Registration
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
15. Evidence of entries on Register
Code of Conduct and Guidance
Enforcement
19. Power to carry out investigation
Miscellaneous and Supplementary
22. Restrictions on post-term employment as lobbyist
24. Further appeal on point of law
26. Delegation of functions by Commission
27. Amendments relating to Commission
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)
Number 5 of 2015
REGULATION OF LOBBYING ACT 2015
REVISED
Updated to 1 October 2020
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: