Commentary on Sections Part 2 – The lobbying register
39.Section 3 contains provision relating to the establishment and maintenance of a lobbying register.
40.Subsection (1) places a duty on the Clerk (a member of staff appointed by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body – see in particular sections 20 and 21 of the Scotland Act 1998) to establish and maintain a lobbying register, which is to contain information about three categories of person. Those categories are:
	active registrants,
	inactive registrants, and
	voluntary registrants.