Moved by
Lord Lansley
16: After Clause 8, insert the following new Clause—
“Notice to supply information
(1) In connection with the duty under section (Duty to monitor), the Registrar may serve a notice (an “information notice”) on a person mentioned in subsection (2) requiring the person to supply information specified in the notice.
(2) The persons are—
(a) any registered person;
(b) any person who is not entered in the register but whom the Registrar has reasonable grounds for believing to be a consultant lobbyist.
(3) Regulations may specify descriptions of information which the Registrar may not require a person to supply under this section.
(4) An information notice must—
(a) specify the form in which the information must be supplied,
(b) specify the date by which the information must be supplied, and
(c) contain particulars of the right to appeal under section (Right to appeal against information notice).
(5) The date specified under subsection (4)(b) must not be before the end of the period within which an appeal under section (Right to appeal against information notice) can be brought.
(6) Section (Limitations on duty to supply information and use of information supplied) sets out limitations on—
(a) what information is required to be supplied under a notice, and
(b) how information which is supplied may be used.
(7) Where an information notice has been served on a person, the Registrar may cancel it by serving written notice to that effect on the person.”
Amendment 16A (as an amendment to Amendment 16)