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(1) a person who has ever been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 30 months or more;
(2) a person who has been convicted, as an adult, in the last 10 years, of an offence, one element of which involves dishonesty, such as theft or fraud;
(3) a person who is, or acts as, a member of a federal, state or territory political party executive or administrative committee, or similar;
(4) a person whose name has been previously removed from the Register because of a contravention of the ACT Lobbying Code of Conduct; and
(5) a person who, in the opinion of the Clerk, has not acted, or cannot be relied upon to act, in a manner consistent with general standards of ethical behaviour.
Persons/Entities not required to be registered
The following categories of persons/entities are not required to be registered before conducting defined lobbying activities even though they might otherwise fall within the definition of lobbyist:
(1) religious bodies;
(2) charities;
(3) not-for-profit organisations that represent the interests of their members, such as trade unions, trade and industry associations, etc;
(4) members of foreign trade delegations;
(5) persons/bodies registered under government laws where dealings with government are part of the normal day-to-day work of people in their profession, for example, architects, customs brokers, etc;
(6) members of professions who make occasional representations to government on behalf of others in a way that is incidental to the provision of their professional services, for example, doctors, accountants, lawyers; and
(7) persons who conduct lobbying activities only for relatives or friends provided that such are only in respect of the personal rather than business or commercial affairs of such persons.
Public content of the ACT Register of Lobbyists
The public section of the Register is to contain the following detail for each registrant:
(1) For a natural person:
(a) full name;
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