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Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Rules 2018
6AInformation not to be included on website
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#### 6A Information not to be included on website
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 43(2)(c) of the Act (about information not to be included on the website providing information on persons who are or have been registered in relation to a foreign principal), this section prescribes information:
(a) that is sensitive; and
(b) that:
(i) was contained in an application for registration of a person, a notice given by a person under section 31, 34, 35, 36 or 37 of the Act in connection with registration of a person, or a renewal of registration of a person, relating to a foreign principal and an activity described in subsection (2) of this section; or
(ii) accompanied such an application, notice or renewal; or
(iii) was contained in a document accompanying such an application, notice or renewal.
(2) Subparagraph (1)(b)(i) applies in relation to an activity for which all the following conditions are met:
(a) the activity is or was undertaken on behalf of the foreign principal by the person;
(b) the activity is or was undertaken in the context of confidential consultation of the foreign principal or the person by a person (the consulter) described in subsection (3) that:
(i) was initiated by the consulter; and
(ii) relates or related to a proposed policy or proposed change to an existing policy;
(c) at the time the activity is or was undertaken, the identity of the foreign principal is or was either:
(i) apparent to all persons with whom the person is or was dealing; or
(ii) disclosed to them.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), each of the following is a consulter:
(a) a Commonwealth public official;
(b) a Commonwealth entity (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013) or a subsidiary of a Commonwealth entity (within the meaning of that Act);
(c) a Commonwealth company (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013);
(d) an individual in the course of performing the individual’s functions in relation to a person or body mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).