Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An Act to make provision for establishing and maintaining a register of persons carrying on the business of consultant lobbying and to require those persons to be entered in the register; to make provision about expenditure and donations for political purposes; to make provision about the Electoral Commission’s functions with respect to compliance with requirements imposed by or by virtue of enactments; to make provision relating to a trade union’s duty to maintain a register of members under section 24 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992; and for connected purposes. |
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Citation | 2014 c. 4 |
Introduced by | Andrew Lansley |
Territorial extent | United Kingdom and Gibraltar |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 30 January 2014 |
Other legislation | |
Amends | Representation of the People Act 1983, Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 |
Status: Current legislation | |
History of passage through Parliament | |
Text of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. |
The Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom introduced in July 2013.[1] The bill was sponsored by the Cabinet Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). It was often referred to as "The Lobbying Bill" for short.[2] It passed all parliamentary stages, and received royal assent on 30 January 2014.[3]
The bill was founded on the principle of 'transparency' and 'cleaning up politics'.[4][5] [6][7]
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