Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Regulations

CHARITABLE COLLECTIONS REGULATION 2003 - REG 9

Note     The requirements below are additional to anything else required by the conditions of the licence for the collection, see the def, par (a).

    (1)     The following information is required for a collection carried out personally:

        (a)     the purpose of the collection;

        (b)     how and where the net proceeds of the collection will be spent;

        (c)     a business telephone number for the licensee.

    (2)     The following information is required for a collection carried out by telephone:

        (a)     the purpose of the collection;

        (b)     if the purpose of the collection does not indicate the licensee's name—the licensee's name;

        (c)     if the person soliciting or receiving money or a benefit for the purposes of the collection has received, or will receive, money or a benefit for taking part in the collection—the person is a ‘paid collector';

        (d)     how and where the net proceeds of the collection will be spent;

        (e)     a business telephone number for the licensee.

    (3)     The following information is required for a collection carried out by a written request:

        (a)     the licensee's name;

        (b)     the purpose of the collection;

        (c)     how and where the net proceeds of the collection will be spent;

        (d)     a business telephone number for the licensee.

Examples of written requests

1     a request personally addressed to a person

2     a request sent to ‘The Occupier' or ‘The Householder' of premises

3     a pamphlet asking for donations handed to a person or left in a person's letterbox

4     a fax sent to a person or an entity

5     a message sent to a person over the internet

Note 1     Writing includes any way of representing or reproducing words in visible form (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, def writing ).

Note 2     An example is part of the regulation, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).

    (4)     The following information is required for a collection carried out from or through a web site:

        (a)     the licensee's name;

        (b)     the purpose of the collection;

        (c)     how and where the net proceeds of the collection will be spent;

        (d)     a business telephone number for the licensee.

    (5)     The following information is required for a collection carried out through a collection bin:

        (a)     the licensee's name;

        (b)     if the purpose of the collection is not indicated by the licensee's name—the purpose of the collection;

        (c)     a business telephone number for the licensee.

    (6)     In this section:

"net proceeds", of a collection—see section 13 (2).