Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Fundraising Act 1998 - SECT 6

Meaning of conduct a fundraising appeal

6. Meaning of conduct a fundraising appeal



(1) A person conducts a fundraising appeal if she or he-

   (a)  organises the appeal in a capacity other than that of an employee or
        agent; or

   (b)  is the sole participant in the appeal; or

   (c)  is one of a number of participants in the appeal, but is not
        participating in the appeal as an employee or agent.

(2) In determining whether a person is conducting a fundraising appeal, it
does not matter whether the person is acting as a volunteer or is being paid.

(3) If a person who conducts a fundraising appeal retains a commercial
fundraiser to administer all or part of the appeal, a reference in this Act to
the person conducting the appeal is a reference-

   (a)  to the person in respect of the appeal as a whole and of any aspect of
        the appeal that encompasses the appeal as a whole (such as a
        requirement to produce accounts relating to the appeal); and

   (b)  to the commercial fundraiser in respect of any aspect of the appeal
        that is being administered by the commercial fundraiser irrespective
        of whether the commercial fundraiser is an agent of the person; and

   (c)  to the person in respect of any other aspect of the appeal.



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