NSW Legislation
Lobbying of Government Officials (Lobbyists Code of Conduct) Regulation 2014
1 Name of Regulation This Regulation is the Lobbying of Government Officials (Lobbyists Code of Conduct) Regulation 2014.
2 Commencement This Regulation commences on the day on which Schedule 3 to the Electoral and Lobbying Legislation Amendment (Electoral Commission) Act 2014 commences and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.
3 Definition In this Regulation: the Act means the Lobbying of Government Officials Act 2011.
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.
4 Prescription of NSW Lobbyists Code of Conduct The code of conduct set out in Schedule 1 is prescribed under Part 2 of the Act as the code of conduct for third-party and other lobbyists.
4A Information in the Lobbyists Register: persons having a management, financial or other interest in third-party lobbyists For the purposes of section 10 (1) (c) of the Act, a director, secretary or other person who holds an executive position with a registered third-party lobbyist is prescribed as having a management, financial or other interest in the lobbyist.
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