Can a lobbyist ask a public office holder to participate in social or sporting activities and must he declare these activities in detail in the lobbyists registry?
The Act does not prohibit a lobbyist from asking a public office holder (Minister, member of the National Assembly, mayor, municipal or borough councillor, public servant, etc.) to lunch or for a game of golf. However, lobbyists must comply with the Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Act and with the Code of Conduct for Lobbyists, which especially prohibits them from inciting public office holders to transgress the standards of conduct imposed upon them. The information a lobbyist must enter in his declaration concerns the means of communication he used or intends to use: meeting, telephone call or written communication. For example, if Julie, a consultant lobbyist, occasionally asks a public office holder to lunch, she is not required to specify the name of her guest or the name of the restaurant where they meet. However, she will have to declare, among other things, the subject-matter of her lobbying activities, the name of her client, the title of the persons she communicates with as
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