Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Fundraising Appeals 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; and

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



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