Is there any worry with the definition of “reasonably seen to influence”? I'll use an example of a friend of mine giving me a gift on my birthday or at Christmas. They also happen to be a registered lobbyist, and I'm a public office holder. Probably why the “friend” exception is there in the first place is to codify what a reasonable person might expect, which is that when you get a gift from a friend in the ordinary course of that friendship, it's not seen to reasonably influence you.
On January 10th, 2018. See this statement in context.