How to register

• The registration process
• Information required for the registration process
• Statutory declarations
• Information that will be placed on the Register
• Need help?

The registration process

To apply for registration, you will need to:

1. print out the registration form (PDF, 49 KB) to submit together with the confirmations required in clause 5 of the Queensland Contact with Lobbyists Code (PDF, 393 KB).
2. Fill out the general and other details for the lobbyist.
3. Provide the details of all employees, contractors or other persons engaged by the lobbyist to carry out lobbying activities and provide the statutory declaration required under clause 5.3 of the Queensland Contact with Lobbyists Code in respect of each employee, contractor or other person. If you are an individual who is a lobbyist, you will need to provide details and a statutory declaration about yourself.
4. Send the completed registration form and statutory declarations to:
   
   Register of Lobbyists
   Executive Services
   Department of the Premier and Cabinet
   PO Box 15185
   CITY EAST QLD 4002
   
   Fax: (07) 3229 7494

Information Required for the registration process

You will be asked to provide:

1. Your business entity name and Australian Business Number (ABN) and trading name. #
2. The names of owners, partners or major shareholders as applicable. #
3. Contact details: name, phone number and email address. These contact details will be used for our communications with you. Please include your area code with your telephone and fax numbers.
4. Website address (optional).
5. The statutory declaration (PDF, 25 KB) required under clause 5.3 of the Queensland Contact with Lobbyists Code in respect of each employee, contractor or other person engaged by the lobbyist to carry out lobbying activities and if the lobbyist is an individual, a statutory declaration about the lobbyist.
6. Names and positions of all persons employed, contracted or otherwise engaged by the lobbyist to carry out lobbying activities (including details of any lobbyist who is an individual). #

7. Names of third party clients for whom the lobbyist is currently retained to provide lobbying services, (delete: "whether paid or unpaid") advice about whether or not you are paid for providing these services, and whether or not you may receive a success fee for these services. #

Statutory declarations

A statutory declaration must be provided by all individuals who conduct lobbying activities (that is, the lobbyist if he or she is an individual, and any employees, contractors or persons otherwise engaged by the lobbyist).

Before an individual can be included on the Register of Lobbyists, a statutory declaration is required to the effect that the individual has never been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 30 months or more and has not been convicted, as an adult, in the last ten years, of an offence, one element of which involves dishonesty, such as theft or fraud.

A statutory declaration must be made pursuant to the legislation applicable in the State or Territory in which the declaration is made.

A person making a statutory declaration in Queensland may use the following form:
View/download the statutory declaration form (PDF, 25 KB)

Please ensure that all of the sections of the statutory declaration form are completed and that the declaration is witnessed by an appropriately qualified person. The following persons may witness a statutory declaration in Queensland:

• a justice, commissioner for declarations or notary public under the law of the State, the Commonwealth or another State; or
• a lawyer; or
• a conveyancer, or another person authorised to administer an oath, under the law of the State, the Commonwealth or another State.

An incomplete statutory declaration will delay the processing of an application for inclusion on the Register of Lobbyists.

For further information about the required statutory declaration see the Queensland Contact with Lobbyists Code (PDF, 393 KB).

Information that will be placed on the Register

The information above marked with a hash (#) will be placed on the Register, as required under the Queensland Contact with Lobbyist Code.

The contact details (number three above) are for our communications with you only and will not be placed on the Register. It should be noted, however, that this information may be liable for disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 1992.

Need help?

If you need help with the registration process, or have any queries, please contact the Department of the Premier and Cabinet using any of the following contact details:

Register of Lobbyists
Executive Services
Department of Premier and Cabinet
PO Box 15185
CITY EAST QLD 4002

Fax: (07) 3229 7494
Phone: (07) 3224 5456
Email: qldlobbyistsregister@premiers.qld.gov.au

Last reviewed: 19 July, 2009

Last updated: 22 July, 2009

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