Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Fundraising Appeals Act 1998 - SECT 13

Additional requirements for clothing bins

13. Additional requirements for clothing bins



(1) In this section, clothing bin means a receptacle that is intended to be
used for the receipt of clothing (regardless of whether or not the receptacle
is also intended to be used for the receipt of other things).

(2) If one or more clothing bins are used in the course of a fundraising
appeal to receive donations for the purposes of the appeal, the person
conducting the appeal must ensure that a written record is kept of the
following details-

   (a)  the total amount of funds that were raised as a result of the
        donations to the bins; and

   (b)  what percentage of the donations were sold or made available for sale,
        what percentage of the donations were sold as scrap and to whom (in
        broad categories) the sales were made; and

   (c)  if any person is paid for collecting donations from the bins or for
        processing or selling the donations, what percentage of the proceeds
        of the donations was paid to the person; and

   (d)  any other details required by the regulations.

Penalty: In the case of a corporation, 120 penalty units.
In any other case, 60 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months or both.





(3) A person conducting a fundraising appeal to which subsection (2) applies
must ensure that the required records are kept in a way that enables them to
be conveniently and properly audited.

Penalty: In the case of a corporation, 120 penalty units.
In any other case, 60 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months or both.

(4) In the case of a fundraising appeal to which Part 3 applies, the person
conducting the appeal must ensure that the details required by subsection (2)
accompany the accounts required by section 29(4).

Penalty: In the case of a corporation, 120 penalty units.
In any other case, 60 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months or both.