Integrity (Lobbyists) Act 2016

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

For an activity to be a lobbying activity, it is not essential that the activity be undertaken for any commission, payment or other reward (whether pecuniary or otherwise).

The following are not lobbying activities —

petitioning the Legislative Council or the Legislative Assembly, or both Houses;

petitioning the Governor;

communicating with a committee of the Legislative Council or the Legislative Assembly, or a joint committee of both Houses;

communicating with a person who is a Minister or a Parliamentary Secretary, in that person’s capacity as a member of either House of Parliament and not as a member of the Executive Government of the State, in relation to a matter that is not within that person’s responsibilities as a Minister or a Parliamentary Secretary;

subject to subsection (4), communicating as part of an activity of a grassroots campaign nature in an attempt to influence State government decision‑making, for example, encouraging letter‑writing, phone‑calling or emailing campaigns;

responding to —

a call for submissions; or

a request for tender, request for expression of interest, request for a proposal or a request of a similar nature;

providing information in response to a request from a government representative;

communicating only for the purpose of making an application under a written law, if the application is considered and decided under that written law by a government representative or the Governor;

making a public statement;

communicating about a personal matter on behalf of —

the person making the communication; or

a friend or relative of that person;

any activity or class of activity prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.

Subsection (3)(e) does not apply in relation to any communication by a person for any commission, payment or other reward (whether pecuniary or otherwise).

For the purposes of subsection (3)(j), a personal matter is a matter that relates only to a person’s personal, family or household affairs and is not related to any business or commercial activity.