Commentary on Sections Part 1 – Registration of Consultant Lobbyists Section 21: Guidance
58.This section provides that the Registrar may issue guidance regarding compliance with the requirement to register and the Registrar’s functions under the Part more generally, particularly in relation to who may, or may not, be considered to be carrying on the business of consultant lobbying. The Registrar may also issue guidance in relation to the circumstances in which the Registrar would consider removing or making inactive a consultant lobbyist’s entry on the register, the circumstances where it would be appropriate to impose a civil penalty, and the method by which the amount of a civil penalty is determined. The Registrar may revise or replace any such guidance issued, and the Registrar must publish the guidance by making it available online and in other such forms as they think appropriate.