CHARITABLE FUNDRAISING ACT 1991 - SECT 48
Remuneration of board members of charitable fundraising organisations
CHARITABLE FUNDRAISING ACT 1991 - SECT 48
Remuneration of board members of charitable fundraising organisations
48 Remuneration of board members of charitable fundraising organisations
(1) A person must not accept and keep any remuneration, payment or other
benefit from an organisation that holds an authority under this Act if the
person holds any office, or acts as a member of the governing body, of the
organisation.
: Maximum penalty--200 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does
not apply if--
(a) the Minister, by order published in the Gazette, has
declared that subsection (1) does not apply to the office or position
concerned, or a class of offices or positions that includes the office or
position concerned, or
(b) the Minister has given prior approval to a person
accepting and keeping the remuneration, payment or other benefit despite
subsection (1), or
(c) the person concerned holds the office or acts in the
position by reason of the person's office as a minister of religion or a
member of a religious order.
(3) An approval under this section is subject to
any conditions imposed by the Minister when giving the approval.
(4) An
approval under this section is to be in writing.
(5) An application for
approvals must be addressed in writing to the Minister by the organisation
concerned.
(6) In this section,
"remuneration, payment or other benefit" does not include a travelling or
subsistence allowance payable to a person.
(7) The regulations may exempt an
organisation, or a class of organisations, from the application of this
section.
