http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/152Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008An Act to provide for the establishment and functions of the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland and the Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland; to make provision about the law of charities, including provision about charitable incorporated organisations; to make further provision about public charitable collections and other fund-raising carried on in connection with charities and other institutions; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-01-29Expert Participation2022-03-30 PART 13 CHAPTER 21521Subsections (1) and (2) of section 151 apply to a person acting for reward as a collector in respect of a public charitable collection as they apply to a professional fund-raiser.2But those subsections do not so apply to a person excluded by virtue of—asubsection (3), orbsection 153(1) (exclusion of lower-paid collectors).3Those subsections do not so apply to a person if—asection 151(1) or (2) applies apart from subsection (1) (by virtue of the exception in section 159(2)(c) for persons treated as promoters), orbsubsection (4) or (5) applies,in relation to that person acting for reward as a collector in respect of the collection mentioned in subsection (1) above.4Where a person within subsection (6) solicits money or other property for the benefit of one or more particular charitable institutions, the solicitation shall be accompanied by a statement clearly indicating—athe name or names of the institution or institutions for whose benefit the solicitation is being made;bif there is more than one such institution, the proportions in which the institutions are respectively to benefit;cthe fact that the person is an officer, employee or trustee of the institution or company mentioned in subsection (6); anddthe fact that the person is receiving remuneration as an officer, employee or trustee or (as the case may be) for acting as a collector.5Where a person within subsection (6) solicits money or other property for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes of any description (rather than for the benefit of one or more particular charitable institutions), the solicitation shall be accompanied by a statement clearly indicating—athe fact that the person is soliciting money or other property for those purposes and not for the benefit of any particular charitable institution or institutions;bthe method by which it is to be determined how the proceeds of the appeal are to be distributed between different charitable institutions;cthe fact that the person is an officer, employee or trustee of the institution or company mentioned in subsection (6); anddthe fact that the person is receiving remuneration as an officer, employee or trustee or (as the case may be) for acting as a collector.6A person is within this subsection if—athe person is an officer or employee of a charitable institution or a company connected with any such institution, or a trustee of any such institution,bthe person is acting as a collector in that capacity, andcthe person receives remuneration either in a capacity as officer, employee or trustee or for acting as a collector.7But a person is not within subsection (6) if that person is excluded by virtue of section 153(4).8Where any requirement of—asubsection (1) or (2) of section 151, as it applies by virtue of subsection (1) above, orbsubsection (4) or (5) above,is not complied with in relation to any solicitation, the collector concerned is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.9Section 151(9) and (10) apply in relation to an offence under subsection (8) above as they apply in relation to an offence under section 151(8).10In this section “the appeal”, in relation to any solicitation by a collector, means the campaign or other fund-raising venture in the course of which the solicitation is made.