10Information in the Lobbyists Register

#### 10 Information in the Lobbyists Register 10 Information in the Lobbyists Register > > (1) The following information is required to be included in the Lobbyists Register in respect of each registered third-party lobbyist: > > > > > (a) the name and business contact details of the lobbyist, > > > > > (b) the names of the individuals engaged to undertake the lobbying of Government officials for the lobbyist, > > > > > (c) the names of the persons having a management, financial or other interest in the lobbyist of a kind prescribed by the regulations, > > > > > (d) the names of the third parties who have retained the lobbyist to provide, or for whom the lobbyist has provided, lobbying services (whether paid or unpaid), > > > > > (e) such other information relating to the lobbyist as the regulations may prescribe or the Electoral Commission considers appropriate. > > > (2) A registered third-party lobbyist is required to update the information in the Lobbyists Register, in writing to the Electoral Commission, at such times or at the end of such periods as the regulations require. > > > (3) The Electoral Commission may, at the request of a lobbyist, exclude information in the Lobbyists Register from being made publicly available if the Electoral Commission is satisfied that there is an overriding public interest against disclosure of the information (within the meaning of the [Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2009-052)). > > > (4) The Electoral Commission may decline to include in the Lobbyists Register any information that the Electoral Commission has reason to believe is vexatious, false or misleading. > > > (5) Information is required to be included in the Lobbyists Register of: > > > > > (a) any lobbyist whose registration has been cancelled or suspended (otherwise than because the lobbyist no longer provides lobbying services or undertakes lobbying), or > > > > > (b) any unregistered lobbyist whom the Electoral Commission has determined is ineligible to be registered for the period specified by the Electoral Commission. > > > (6) Information is to be retained in the Lobbyists Register until the end of the period provided by the regulations. > > > (7) Information required to be retained in the Lobbyists Register, but that is no longer current, is to indicate the period for which it was current. > > Note— > > It is an offence under Part 5A of the [Crimes Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-040) to knowingly provide false or misleading information or to knowingly produce documents that are false or misleading in purported compliance with a law of the State. > > **s 10:** Ins 2014 No 30, Sch 3 \[3\].