Registrable Interests in different legislatures

A simplistic overview of different legislatures' definitions of registrable interests.

UK Parliament House of Commons

  1. Remunerated directorships
  2. Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
  3. Clients
  4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
  5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
  6. Overseas visits
  7. Overseas benefits and gifts
  8. Land and Property
  9. Registrable shareholdings
    1. (a) of more than 15% of the issued share capital or
    2. (b) worth more than £60,000 at the preceding 5th April.
  10. Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests

The Oireachtas (Irish Parliament)

  1. Occupational Income
  2. Shares
  3. Directorships
  4. Land
  5. Gifts
  6. Property and Service
  7. Travel Facilities
  8. Remunerated Position
  9. Contracts

European Parliament individual statements

  1. Professional activities
  2. Paid functions or activities
  3. Support received in connection with political activities
    1. financial
    2. staff
    3. material
  4. Further information

These statements are published as a separate PDF file for each MEP.

UK Parliament House of Lords

Relevant financial interests

12. The following financial interests are always relevant and therefore must be registered:

  1. any consultancy agreement under which Members of the House provide parliamentary advice or services.
  2. employment or any other financial interest in businesses involved in parliamentary lobbying on behalf of clients, including public relations and law firms
  3. any remunerated service which Members of the House provide by virtue of their position as Members of Parliament, and the clients of any such service
  4. employment as a non-parliamentary consultant
  5. remunerated directorships
  6. regular remunerated employment (excluding occasional income from speeches, lecturing, broadcasting and journalism)
  7. shareholdings amounting to a controlling interest
  8. provision by an outside body of secretarial and research assistance
  9. visits with costs paid in the United Kingdom and overseas, made as a Member of Parliament, except any visits paid for from public funds

13. Other relevant financial interests if significant

  1. shareholdings not amounting to a controlling interest
  2. landholdings (excluding Members' homes)
  3. the financial interests of a spouse or relative or friend
  4. hospitality or gifts given to a Member which could reasonably be regarded as an incentive to support a particular cause or interest.
Relevant non-financial interests

15. The following non-financial interests are always relevant and therefore must be registered:

  1. membership of public bodies such as hospital trusts, the governing bodies of universities, colleges and schools, and local authorities
  2. trusteeships of museums, galleries or similar bodies
  3. acting as an office-holder or trustee in pressure groups or trade unions
  4. acting as an office-holder or trustee in voluntary or not-for-profit organisations

16. Other relevant non-financial interests, if significant

  1. other trusteeships
  2. unpaid membership of voluntary organisations

New Zealand Parliament

  1. Company directorships and controlling interests (clause 4(1)(a))
  2. Interests (such as shares and bonds) in companies and business entities (clauses 4(1)(b) and 4(2))
  3. Employment (clause 4(1)(c))
  4. Beneficial interests in trusts (clause 4(1)(d))
  5. Organisations and trusts seeking Government funding (clause 4(1)(e))
  6. Real property (clause 4(1)(f))
  7. Superannuation schemes (clause 4(1)(g))
  8. Debtors (clauses 4(1)(h), 4(3), 5, and 6)
  9. Creditors (clauses 4(1)(i), 4(3), and 6)
  10. Overseas travel costs (clauses 7(1)(a) and 7(2))
  11. Gifts (clause 7(1)(b))
  12. Discharged debts (clause 7(1)(c))
  13. Payments for activities (clause 7(1)(d))

The Scottish Parliament

  1. Remuneration
  2. Related undertakings
  3. Election expenses
  4. Sponsorship
  5. Gifts
  6. Overseas Visits
  7. Heritable property
  8. Interest in shares

Indian Parliament

  1. the movable and immovable property of which he, his spouse and his dependant children are jointly or severally owners or beneficiaries;
  2. his liabilities to any public financial institution; and
  3. his liabilities to the Central Government or to the State Governments

Pertains to both legislative chambers, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

South African Parliament

  1. shares and other financial interests in companies and other corporate entities;
  2. remunerated employment outside Parliament;
  3. directorships and partnerships;
  4. consultancies;
  5. sponsorships;
  6. gifts and hospitality from a source other than a family member or permanent companion;
  7. any other benefit of a material nature;
  8. foreign travel (other than personal visits paid for by the member, business visits unrelated to the member’s role as a public representative and official and formal visits paid for by the state or the member’s party);
  9. ownership and other interests in land and property; and
  10. pensions.

Publicly available but not published.

Canadian Parliament

"the Ethics Commissioner is required to prepare a Disclosure Summary which sets out the source and nature, but not the value, of income, assets and liabilities equal to or exceeding $10,000 in value, identify any contracts held with the Government of Canada and list the corporations in which a Member or a family member has an interest, along with the names of any affiliated companies."

  1. Income
  2. Assets
  3. Liabilities
  4. Contracts
  5. Interest in corporations and affiliated companies
  6. Sponsored travel
  7. Gifts

Tweede Kamer (Dutch House of Representatives)

  1. remunerated and unremunerated posts.
  2. foreign trips made at the invitation of third parties
  3. gifts received which have a value in excess of 50 euros

Deutscher Bundestag (German Parliament)

  1. All outside interests – paid or unpaid – have to be declared to the President of the German Bundestag in order to ensure that the public is informed of any possible conflicts of interest.

US Senate

  1. Payments to Charitable Organizations in Lieu of Honoria
  2. Earned and Non-investment Income
  3. Publicly Traded Assetts and Unearned Income
  4. Non-publicly Traded Assetts and Unearned Income
  5. Transactions
  6. Gifts
  7. Reimbursements
  8. Liabilities
  9. Positions Held Outside U.S. Government
  10. Agreements or Arrangements
  11. Compensation in Excess of $5,000 paid by one source

US House of Representatives (Congress)

  1. Earned Income
  2. Payments to Charity in Lieu of Honoraria
  3. Assets and "Unearned" Income
  4. Transactions
  5. Liabilities
  6. Gifts
  7. Travel Payments and Reimbursements
  8. Positions
  9. Agreements