sec.42What is a lobbying activity

### sec.42 What is a lobbying activity A lobbying activity is— communicating with a government representative in an effort to influence decision-making of the State government or a local government, including, for example, the making of a decision relating to any of the following matters— the making, amendment or repeal of legislation; the development, amendment or abandonment of a government policy or program; the awarding of a government contract or grant; the allocation of funding; the making of a decision about planning or the giving of a development approval under the Planning Act 2016 ; or communicating with an Opposition representative in an effort to influence decision-making of the Opposition, including, for example, the making of a decision relating to any of the following matters— the making, amendment or repeal of legislation; the development, amendment or abandonment of an Opposition policy or program; the position or view of the Opposition in relation to a decision of the State government or a local government, including, for example, a matter mentioned in paragraph (a) . This section is subject to section 43 . s 42 amd 2010 No. 37 s 46 ; 2012 No. 45 s 15 ; 2016 No. 27 s 276 sub 2024 No. 3 s 36 (sec.42-ssec.1) A lobbying activity is— communicating with a government representative in an effort to influence decision-making of the State government or a local government, including, for example, the making of a decision relating to any of the following matters— the making, amendment or repeal of legislation; the development, amendment or abandonment of a government policy or program; the awarding of a government contract or grant; the allocation of funding; the making of a decision about planning or the giving of a development approval under the Planning Act 2016 ; or communicating with an Opposition representative in an effort to influence decision-making of the Opposition, including, for example, the making of a decision relating to any of the following matters— the making, amendment or repeal of legislation; the development, amendment or abandonment of an Opposition policy or program; the position or view of the Opposition in relation to a decision of the State government or a local government, including, for example, a matter mentioned in paragraph (a) . (sec.42-ssec.2) This section is subject to section 43 . - (a) communicating with a government representative in an effort to influence decision-making of the State government or a local government, including, for example, the making of a decision relating to any of the following matters— (i) the making, amendment or repeal of legislation; (ii) the development, amendment or abandonment of a government policy or program; (iii) the awarding of a government contract or grant; (iv) the allocation of funding; (v) the making of a decision about planning or the giving of a development approval under the Planning Act 2016 ; or - (i) the making, amendment or repeal of legislation; - (ii) the development, amendment or abandonment of a government policy or program; - (iii) the awarding of a government contract or grant; - (iv) the allocation of funding; - (v) the making of a decision about planning or the giving of a development approval under the Planning Act 2016 ; or - (b) communicating with an Opposition representative in an effort to influence decision-making of the Opposition, including, for example, the making of a decision relating to any of the following matters— (i) the making, amendment or repeal of legislation; (ii) the development, amendment or abandonment of an Opposition policy or program; (iii) the position or view of the Opposition in relation to a decision of the State government or a local government, including, for example, a matter mentioned in paragraph (a) . - (i) the making, amendment or repeal of legislation; - (ii) the development, amendment or abandonment of an Opposition policy or program; - (iii) the position or view of the Opposition in relation to a decision of the State government or a local government, including, for example, a matter mentioned in paragraph (a) . - (i) the making, amendment or repeal of legislation; - (ii) the development, amendment or abandonment of a government policy or program; - (iii) the awarding of a government contract or grant; - (iv) the allocation of funding; - (v) the making of a decision about planning or the giving of a development approval under the Planning Act 2016 ; or - (i) the making, amendment or repeal of legislation; - (ii) the development, amendment or abandonment of an Opposition policy or program; - (iii) the position or view of the Opposition in relation to a decision of the State government or a local government, including, for example, a matter mentioned in paragraph (a) .