Do public office holders who lobby other public office holders while working in their official capacity have to register as lobbyists?
The Act does not apply to public office holders when acting in their official capacity. Specifically, the following persons and groups, when acting in their official capacities, are not considered lobbyists under the Lobbyist Registration Act: • members, officers and employees of the House of Assembly (Speaker, Clerk, Chief Electoral Officer, Auditor General and Commissioner of Members’ Interests) and their staff; • members, officers and employees of the Senate or House of Commons of Canada, the legislative assembly of another province or territory or Canada, and their staff; • members of a council or other statutory body charged with the administration of civil or municipal affairs of a regional municipality, town or local service district, and their staff; • employees of municipal councils, the provincial public service or the federal public service; • officers, directors or employees of the Newfoundland Federation of Municipalities, the Combined Councils of Labrador, the Newfoundlan
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