COLLECTIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACT 1939 - SECT 12
COLLECTIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACT 1939 - SECT 12
(1) Subject to this
section, a licence granted by the Minister under this Act remains in force for
the period or periods specified in the licence.
(2) A licence may be
granted subject to any conditions the Minister thinks fit including (without
limitation)—
(a)
conditions limiting the proportion of the proceeds of collections and
entertainments which may be applied as commission or other remuneration to
persons acting as collectors under the licence or to other persons concerned
in the collections or entertainments to which the licence applies; and
(b)
conditions requiring the holder of the licence or any other person authorised
by the holder of the licence, to comply with the provisions of the code of
practice (as in force from time to time).
(3) The Minister may,
at any time, by notice in writing to the licensee, vary or revoke the
conditions on which a licence was granted under this Act or add conditions to
a licence granted under this Act.
(4) The Minister may,
by notice in writing to the licensee, suspend or revoke a licence on any of
the following grounds:
(a) that
donations (whether of money or goods) received for charitable purposes by the
licensee have been mismanaged or misapplied; or
(b) that
excessive commission or remuneration has been, or is to be, paid to any person
acting as a collector under the licence, or acting in connection with the
conduct of an entertainment to which the licence relates, out of the proceeds
of the collection or entertainment (as the case may be), or that the
proportion of those proceeds that is, or is to be, applied towards charitable
purposes is for any other reason inadequate; or
(ba) the
licensee's contravention of or failure to comply with a condition of the
licence or a requirement under this Act; or
(c) that
any other circumstances exist that justify, in the opinion of the Minister,
suspension or revocation of the licence.
(5) Suspension of a
licence under this section may be for a specified period or until the
fulfilment of stipulated conditions or until further notice by the Minister.
(6) This section does
not apply to a licence that is, under section 6(3), taken to be held by a
Commonwealth registered entity.