Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015
Details to be supplied by applicants for inclusion on Register
11. (1) A person who wishes to be included on the Register shall make, in such manner and form as the Commission may require, an application to the Commission stating—
(a) the person’s name,
F10[(aa) the name of every person who is a member of a body referred to in section 5(2)(d) or (e), as the case may be,]
F11[(b) the address (or principal address) at which the person carries on business or carries on the person’s main activities or (if there is no such address) the address at which the person ordinarily resides,]
(c) the person’s business or main activities,
(d) any e-mail address, telephone number or website address relating to the person’s business or main activities,
(e) any registration number issued to the person by the Companies Registration Office, and
(f) (if a company) the person’s registered office.
(2) The application shall contain a statement by the person by whom it is made that the information contained in it is correct.
(3) The person shall be taken to become a registered person on making an application that complies with subsections (1) and (2).
(4) A registered person who has F12[…] ceased to carry on lobbying activities may notify the Commission, in such manner and form as the Commission may require, that the registered person wishes the person’s entry on the Register to be marked with a statement indicating that the person has F12[…] ceased to carry on lobbying activities and, on receipt of such notification, the Commission shall mark the person’s entry on the Register with such a statement.
F10[(5) A registered person referred to in subsection (4) whose entry on the Register has been marked under that subsection with a statement indicating that the person has ceased to carry on lobbying activities, and who subsequently wishes to recommence such activities, shall notify the Commission accordingly, in such form and manner as the Commission may require, and, on receipt of such notification, the Commission shall remove such statement from the person’s entry on the Register.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F10
Inserted (1.01.2024) by Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), s. 7(a)(i), (c), S.I. No. 531 of 2023.
F11
Substituted (1.01.2024) by Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), s. 7(a)(ii), S.I. No. 531 of 2023.
F12
Deleted (1.01.2024) by Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), s. 7(b), S.I. No. 531 of 2023.