Integrity Act 2009

This section applies to an individual who—

is a registered lobbyist during the period (the inter-election period) that—

starts on the day on which a general election is held (the first general election); and

ends at the end of the day on which the next general election after the first general election is held (the second general election); and

during the inter-election period is required to give a notice under section 66A.

This section also applies to an individual who was a registered lobbyist at any time during the inter-election period.

The individual is disqualified from being a registered lobbyist, or continuing to be a registered lobbyist, if the individual performs a substantial role, during the inter-election period, in the election campaign of a political party relating to the second general election.

If the individual performs a substantial role in the election campaign, relating to the second general election, of the political party that wins the second general election, the individual is disqualified under subsection (3) for the period that—

starts when the individual starts performing the substantial role in the election campaign; and

ends at the end of the day on which the next general election after the second general election is held.

If the individual performs a substantial role in the election campaign, relating to the second general election, of a political party that does not win the second general election, the individual is disqualified under subsection (3) for the period that—

starts when the individual starts performing the substantial role in the election campaign; and

ends at the end of the day on which the second general election is held.

In this section—general election see the Electoral Act 1992, schedule 1.win, a general election, means form government after the election.