COLLECTIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACT 1939 - SECT 6B
COLLECTIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACT 1939 - SECT 6B
6B—Disclosure requirements for collectors—unattended collection
boxes
(1) A person who acts
as a collector by placing an unattended collection box in a public place must
ensure that the collection box is marked, in a reasonably prominent position,
with the following information:
(a) the
name of, and contact details for, the holder of the section 6 licence
under which the person is authorised to act as a collector and, if the holder
of that licence has previously submitted a statement under
section 15(2)(b), particulars of the website maintained by the Minister
under section 15(6) or any other website at which the last such statement
submitted by the holder of that licence can be inspected;
(b) any
other information prescribed by regulation.
(2) A paid collector
who contravenes or fails to comply with subsection (1) is guilty of an
offence.
Maximum penalty: $4 000.
(3) The holder of a
section 6 licence must take reasonable steps to ensure that each person
authorised to act as a collector by the holder of the licence is aware of his
or her obligations under this section and is provided with the information
referred to in subsection (1).
Maximum penalty: $8 000.
(5) For the purposes
of this section, a collection box that is not attended by any person who is
the holder of a section 6 licence in respect of the collection, or
authorised by the holder of such a licence, will be taken to be an unattended
collection box.
(6) In this
section—
"collection box" includes any form of receptacle for the collection of money,
whether the money is to be placed in the receptacle as a donation or for the
purchase of a disc, badge, token, flower, ribbon or other device.