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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-consultant-lobbyists-regulations-2015/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/379",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Consultant Lobbyists Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-consultant-lobbyists-regulations-2015",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make miscellaneous provisions to establish the system for the registration of consultant lobbyists.\nRegulation 2 sets out the information that must be contained in an application to be entered in the register and regulation 3 specifies that an information return must be made in writing.\nRegulation 4 specifies that the Registrar may not issue a notice to supply information under section 9 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 (c. 4) in relation to any information which falls within the description of legally professionally privileged material.\nRegulation 5 specifies the charges that the Registrar must impose in connection with processing an application to register or an information return and in connection with the maintenance of the register and makes provision for requesting and recovering those charges, including a requirement to issue refunds where applicable.\nRegulation 6 provides that the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs may confirm to the Registrar whether or not someone is (or was) VAT-registered so that the Registrar may confirm whether section 2(1)(b) of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 applies.\nA regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely cost and benefits of complying with these regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Constitutional Settlement Division of the Cabinet Office, 1 Horseguards Road, London SW1A 2HQ.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/379/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:46:16.829594+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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