http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/section/63Charities Act 2006An Act to provide for the establishment and functions of the Charity Commission for England and Wales and the Charity Tribunal; to make other amendments of the law about 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; to make other provision about the funding of such institutions; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-18Expert Participation2023-02-07 Part 3 Funding for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institutionsChapter 1Public charitable collections<Emphasis>Supplementary</Emphasis>Regulations631The Secretary of State may make regulations—aprescribing the matters which a local authority are to take into account in determining whether a collection is local in character for the purposes of section 50(2)(a);bfor the purpose of regulating the conduct of public charitable collections;cprescribing anything falling to be prescribed by virtue of any provision of this Chapter.2The matters which may be prescribed by regulations under subsection (1)(a) include—athe extent of the area within which the appeal is to be conducted;bwhether the appeal forms part of a series of appeals;cthe number of collectors making the appeal and whether they are acting for remuneration or otherwise;dthe financial resources (of any description) of any charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution for whose benefit the appeal is to be conducted;ewhere the promoters live or have any place of business.3Regulations under subsection (1)(b) may make provision—aabout the keeping and publication of accounts;bfor the prevention of annoyance to members of the public;cwith respect to the use by collectors of badges and certificates of authority, or badges incorporating such certificates, including, in particular, provision—iprescribing the form of such badges and certificates;iirequiring a collector, on request, to permit his badge, or any certificate of authority held by him of the purposes of the collection, to be inspected by a constable or a duly authorised officer of a local authority, or by an occupier of any premises visited by him in the course of the collection;dfor prohibiting persons under a prescribed age from acting as collectors, and prohibiting others from causing them so to act.4Nothing in subsection (2) or (3) prejudices the generality of subsection (1)(a) or (b).5Regulations 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.6Before making regulations under this section theSecretary of State must consult such persons or bodies of persons as he considers appropriate.Pt. 3 Ch. 1 power to amend or modify conferred by 1993 c. 10, Sch. 1C, paras. 6, 7 (as inserted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 4; S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.)S. 63 functions transferred (9.11.2016) by The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), arts. 1(2), 10(2)(e) (with arts. 10(3), 11, 12)Words in s. 63(1) substituted (9.11.2016) by The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 19(2)(a) (with art. 12)Words in s. 63(6) substituted (9.11.2016) by The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 19(2)(a) (with art. 12)