The Act does not apply with respect to a submission made in any manner… … to a public office holder by an individual on behalf of a person or organization concerning:
(i) The enforcement, interpretation or application of any Act or regulation by the public office holder with respect to the person or organization; or
(ii) The implementation or administration of any program, policy, directive or guideline by the public office holder with respect to the person or organization.
(c) To a public office holder by an individual on behalf of a person or organization in response to a request initiated by a public office holder for advice or comment on any matter mentioned above
s.9(1)
No former public office holder who is a former minister of the Crown shall lobby…for a period of one year after the date on which he/she ceases to be a minister of the Crown
(2) No former public officer holder who is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly shall lobby…for a period of six months after the date he/she ceases to be a member
(3) No former public office holder who was employed in the office of a minister or former minister shall lobby…for a period of six months after which he/she ceases to be employed by that office
(4) No former public officer who was formerly employed in the premier’s office or in a former premier’s office shall lobby… for a period of six months after the date on which he/she ceases to be employed in that office
(5) Deputy Ministers and Assistant Deputy Ministers or a position of comparable rank in a ministry shall not lobby…for a period of six months after the date he/she ceases to be the permanent head or to occupy those ranks.
12.1(1)
Subject to section (2), in the course of lobbying activities, no consultant or in-house lobbyist shall give or promise any gift or personal benefit to the public office holder being lobbied or intended to be lobbied that the public office holder is not allowed to accept or that, if given, would place the public office holder in a conflict of interest.
12.1(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to a gift or personal benefit valued at less than $200 and that is given as an incident of protocol or social obligations that normally accompany the duties or responsibilities of office of the public office holder.
12.1(3)
For the purposes of this section and subsection 25(1.1), “gift or personal benefit” includes:
(a) an amount of money, if there is no obligation to repay it;
(b) a service, hospitality or property, including the use of property, that is provided without charge or for a charge that is less than its commercial value;
(c) any other prescribed gift or personal benefit.
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