3APersons excluded from definition of “third-party lobbyist”

3A Persons excluded from definition of “third-party lobbyist”

3A Persons excluded from definition of “third-party lobbyist”

(1) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of third-party lobbyist in section 3 (1) of the Act, a person is excluded from the definition if:

(a) the person is a member of a profession (such as an Australian legal practitioner, medical practitioner or qualified accountant), and

(b) the lobbying by the person is incidental to the provision of professional services to a client in the course of the person’s work.

(2) In this clause, qualified accountant means:

(a) a Certified Practising Accountant member of CPA Australia, New South Wales Division, or

(b) a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, New South Wales Branch, who holds a Certificate of Public Practice issued by that organisation, or

(c) a member of the Institute of Public Accountants who holds a Professional Practice Certificate issued by that Institute.

cl 3A: Ins 2018 (367), Sch 1 [1].