Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015
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PART 5 Miscellaneous and Supplementary | ||
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Restrictions on post-term employment as lobbyist | ||
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22. (1) A person who has been a relevant designated public official shall not— | ||
(a) carry on lobbying activities in circumstances to which this section applies, or | ||
(b) be employed by, or provide services to, a person carrying on lobbying activities in such circumstances, | ||
during the relevant period except with the consent of the Commission. | ||
(2) In this section— | ||
“relevant designated public official” means a person who is a designated public official by virtue of paragraph (a), (e) or (f) of section 6 (1); | ||
“relevant period” means the period of one year beginning with the day on which the person ceases to be a relevant designated public official. | ||
(3) The circumstances to which this section applies are any in which the making of the communications comprising the carrying on of lobbying activities— | ||
(a) involves any public service body with which the person was connected during the period of one year ending with the day on which the person ceased to be a relevant designated public official, or | ||
(b) is to a person who was a designated public official connected with that public service body during that period. | ||
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) a public service body is one with which a person was connected at any time if it was at that time a public service body by which the person was employed or in which the person held any office or other position. | ||
(5) On an application for consent made to the Commission in such manner and form as the Commission may require, the Commission may, after any appropriate consultation, decide to— | ||
(a) give consent unconditionally or subject to conditions, or | ||
(b) refuse to give consent for the whole or any part of the relevant period. |