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<p>The Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration
Act 2014 established it is the role of the Registrar to keep and publish the Registrar
of consultant lobbyists, in which third party lobbyists declare the names of their
clients, and whether or not they subscribe to a relevant code of conduct.</p><p>The
Registrar has a duty to monitor compliance, and the power to undertake enforcement
action against non-compliance. Therefore, it is for the Registrar to determine whether
to launch any consultation into codes of conduct and the scope of such a consultation.
I understand the Registrar is currently finalising the exact scope of the proposed
consultation and will publish further details on the ORCL website when the consultation
is launched.</p><p>It is also for the independent Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists
to determine whether a code of conduct a registrant wishes to declare on the Register
is 'relevant'. It is for the Registrar to determine whether to make known information
about where a code of conduct has failed to meet the test of relevance, and such queries
should be directed towards the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists.</p>
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