(1) For the purposes of this Act a person carries on lobbying activities if the person -

(a) makes, or manages or directs the making of, any relevant communications on behalf of another person in return for payment (in money or money's worth) in any of the circumstances in which subsection (2) applies to that other person,

(b) makes, or manages or directs the making of, any relevant communications in any of the circumstances in which subsection (2) applies to the person, or

(c) makes, or manages or directs the making of, any relevant communications about the development or zoning of land under the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2021.

(2) The circumstances in which this subsection applies to a person are that -

(a) the person has more than 10 full-time employees and the relevant communications are made on the person's behalf,

(b) the person has one or more full-time employees and is a body which exists primarily to represent the interests of its members and the relevant communications are made on behalf of any of the members,