Bill 119 explained in plain English
Lobbyists Registration Amendment Act (Public Entities), 2010
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 119, the Lobbyists Registration Amendment Act (Public Entities), 2010, prohibits consultant lobbyists from lobbying for public entities and renames the principal act.
This bill amends the Lobbyists Registration Act, 1998, to prevent consultant lobbyists from lobbying on behalf of public entities. It also changes the name of the Act to the Lobbyists Registration and Restrictions Act, 1998. A definition for 'public entity' is added, and engaging in lobbying for a public entity becomes an offence for consultant lobbyists.
- Prohibits consultant lobbyists from lobbying on behalf of public entities.
- Adds a definition for 'public entity' to the Lobbyists Registration Act, 1998.
- Changes the title of the Lobbyists Registration Act, 1998, to the Lobbyists Registration and Restrictions Act, 1998.
- Makes it an offence for a consultant lobbyist to contravene the prohibition against lobbying for public entities.
- Consultant lobbyists.
- Public entities (as defined in the bill).
- Consultant lobbyists are prohibited from lobbying on behalf of public entities.
- Consultant lobbyists who contravene this prohibition are guilty of an offence.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Consultant lobbyists who contravene the prohibition against lobbying for public entities are guilty of an offence.
- The bill does not specify the penalty for the offence created.
- The bill does not define 'lobbying'.
This Act is amended to add a definition of 'public entity', to add a new section prohibiting consultant lobbyists from lobbying on behalf of public entities, and to make contravening this prohibition an offence.
Source: Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4
The short title of the Act is changed from the Lobbyists Registration Act, 1998 to the Lobbyists Registration and Restrictions Act, 1998.
Source: Section 1
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