8. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person shall not carry on lobbying activities unless the person is a registered person.

F8[(1A) Subject to subsection (2), a registered person whose entry on the Register has been marked under section 11(4) with a statement indicating that the person has ceased to carry on lobbying activities shall not carry on such activities.]

F9[(2) A person does not contravene subsection (1) or (1A), as the case may be—

(a) in the first relevant period in which the person carries on lobbying activities if the person becomes a registered person before the relevant date, or

(b) in the case of a person referred to in subsection (1A), in the first relevant period in which the person recommences lobbying activities if the person complies with the requirements of section 11(5) before the relevant date.]