Actually, lobbying is communicating with a public office holder on one of the registerable activities under the act. If the individual paid and is lobbying that public office holder, there are requirements to register. It doesn't matter where the particular encounter occurs, whether it's in an office, at a reception, or somewhere in the airport lounge. If that becomes, as you say, a matter of course, the issue is, is it properly registered, which is what I was saying earlier. The issue that I'm looking into is this whole idea of whether lobbying is being done to the high ethical standards in those situations. So that's where I have the guidance, depending on what comes out of my looking into the matter, and it may need to be updated.
On October 27th, 2016. See this statement in context.