Lobbying Act — L-12.4 7
Requirement to file return 7 (1) The officer responsible for filing returns for a corporation or organization shall file with the Commissioner, in the prescribed form and manner, a return setting out the information referred to in subsection (3) if (a) the corporation or organization employs one or more individuals any part of whose duties is to communicate with public office holders on behalf of the employer or, if the employer is a corporation, on behalf of any subsidiary of the employer or any corporation of which the employer is a subsidiary, in respect of (i) the development of any legislative proposal by the Government of Canada or by a member of the Senate or the House of Commons, (ii) the introduction of any Bill or resolution in either House of Parliament or the passage, defeat or amendment of any Bill or resolution that is before either House of Parliament, (iii) the making or amendment of any regulation as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Statutory Instruments Act , (iv) the development or amendment of any policy or program of the Government of Canada, or (v) the awarding of any grant, contribution or other financial benefit by or on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada; and (b) those duties constitute a significant part of the duties of one employee or would constitute a significant part of the duties of one employee if they were performed by only one employee. Time limit for filing return (2) The officer responsible for filing returns shall file a return not later than two months after the day on which the requirement to file a return first arises under subsection (1). (2.1) [Repealed, 2006, c. 9, s. 70] Contents of return (3) The return shall set out the following information: (a) the name and business address of the officer responsible for filing returns; (b) the name and business address of the employer; (b.1) if the employer is a corporation, the name and business address of every subsidiary of the corporation that, to the knowledge of the officer responsible for filing returns, has a direct interest in the outcome of an employee’s activities on behalf of the employer in respect of any matter described in subparagraphs (1)(a)(i) to (v); (b.2) if the employer is a corporation that is a subsidiary of any other corporation, the name and business address of that other corporation; (c) a description in summary form of the employer’s business or activities and any other information to identify its business or activities that is prescribed; (d) if the employer is an organization, a description of the organization’s membership and any other information to identify its membership that is prescribed; (e) if the employer is funded in whole or in part by a government or government agency, the name of the government or agency, as the case may be, and the amount of funding received; (f) if the employer is an organization, the name of each employee any part of whose duties is as described in paragraph (1)(a); (f.1) if the employer is a corporation, (i) a list including the name of each senior officer or employee a significant part of whose duties is as described in paragraph (1)(a), and (ii) a second list including the name of each other senior officer any part of whose duties is as described in paragraph (1)(a) but without constituting a significant part; (g) particulars to identify the subject-matter of any communication that any employee named in the return has made or is expected to make with a public office holder in respect of any matter described in subparagraphs (1)(a)(i) to (v) and any other information respecting that subject-matter that is prescribed; (h) if any employee named in the return is a former public office holder, a description of the offices held, which of those offices, if any, qualified the employee as a designated public office holder and the date on which the employee last ceased to hold such a designated public office; (h.1) to (h.3) [Repealed, 2006, c. 9, s. 70] (i) particulars to identify an