PART 13FUNDING OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER 1PUBLIC CHARITABLE COLLECTIONS
Supplementary
148Regulations
1
The Department may make regulations—
a
prescribing the matters which the Commission is to take into account in determining whether a collection is local in character for the purposes of section 136(2)(a);
b
for the purpose of regulating the conduct of public charitable collections;
c
prescribing anything falling to be prescribed by virtue of any provision of this Chapter.
2
The matters which may be prescribed by regulations under subsection (1)(a) include—
a
the extent of the area within which the appeal is to be conducted;
b
whether the appeal forms part of a series of appeals;
c
the number of collectors making the appeal and whether they are acting for remuneration or otherwise;
d
the financial resources (of any description) of any charitable institution for whose benefit the appeal is to be conducted;
e
where the promoters live or have any place of business.
3
Regulations under subsection (1)(b) may make provision—
a
about the keeping and publication of accounts;
b
for the prevention of annoyance to members of the public;
c
with respect to the use by collectors of badges and certificates of authority, or badges incorporating such certificates, including, in particular, provision—
i
prescribing the form of such badges and certificates;
ii
requiring a collector, on request, to permit a badge, or any certificate of authority held by the collector of the purposes of the collection, to be inspected by a constable or a duly authorised officer of the Commission, or by an occupier of any premises visited by the collector in the course of the collection;
d
for prohibiting persons under a prescribed age from acting as collectors, and prohibiting others from causing them so to act.
4
Nothing in subsection (2) or (3) prejudices the generality of subsection (1)(a) or (b).
5
Regulations under this section may provide that any failure to comply with a specified provision of the regulations is to be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
6
Before making regulations under this section the Department must consult such persons or bodies of persons as it considers appropriate.