Queensland Consolidated Regulations

COLLECTIONS REGULATION 2008

- Made under the Collections Act 1966
- As at 1 May 2023
- Reg 287 of 2008

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions

   PART 2 - CHARITIES

           Division 1 - Registration

   4.      Application for registration
   4A.     Chief executive may publish application notice
   5.      (Repealed)
   6.      (Repealed)
   6A.     Chief executive must give notice of Minister’s decision about registration

           Division 2 - Register of charities

   7.      Prescribed particulars for register—Act, s 19
   8.      Prescribed matters for applications for removal from register—Act, s 21
   8A.     Additional prescribed grounds—Act, s 21
   9.      Removal from register
   10.     Chief executive must publish notice of removal from register

           Division 3 - Miscellaneous

   11.     Certificate of registration to be returned

   PART 3 - SANCTIONS

   12.     Application for sanction
   13.     Notice of decision
   14.     Prescribed notice of revocation of sanction—Act, s 12
   15.     Sanction to be returned
   16.     Register of sanctions

   PART 4 - DOOR-TO-DOOR APPEALS AND STREET COLLECTIONS

   17.     Prescribed cities and towns—Act, ss 15 and 16
   18.     Appeals for support
   19.     Assigning days for collections
   20.     Notice of paid collector’s itinerary
   21.     Prescribed additional conditions for collection—Act, s 17
   22.     Envelope collection

   PART 5 - DISTRIBUTION OF DEVICES

   23.     Register of devices
   24.     Duties of governing body
   25.     Unauthorised distribution of devices

   PART 6 - INVESTIGATIONS AND RECORDS

   26.     Attendance before inspector
   27.     Seizure of records
   28.     Prescribed travelling expenses and attendance allowance—Act, s 26
   29.     Prescribed period for retention of record of appeal—Act, s 30

   PART 7 - FINANCIAL MATTERS

   30.     Exempt class of association or charity—Act, sch 2
   30A.    Reportable financial period—Act, sch 2
   30B.    (Repealed)
   30C.    Way for auditing financial statement—Act, s 32
   30D.    Period for lodging particular documents—Act, s 32
   30E.    Information to be contained in return—Act, s 33
   30F.    Period for lodging return—Act, s 33
   30G.    Appropriately qualified person—Act, s 33A
   31.     Investing assets
   32.     Accounting requirements

   PART 8 - GENERAL PROVISIONS ABOUT APPEALS FOR SUPPORT

   33.     Agreements to be approved
   34.     Dealing with amounts collected
   35.     Advertising
   36.     Other offences for pt 8

   PART 9 - MISCELLANEOUS

   37.     Inspections and copies
   38.     Giving notice of changes in register particulars
   39.     Establishing a new branch or section
   40.     Responsibilities of promoter, charity or association in relation to a quest
   41.     False advertising
   42.     Fees
   42A.    Property vested in the public trustee—Act, s 35
   42AA.   Rounding of amounts expressed as numbers of fee units

   PART 10 - REPEAL

   43.     Repeal of Collections Regulation 1998

   PART 11 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

           Division 1 - Transitional provision for SL No. 287 of 2008

   44.     References to Collections Regulation 1998

           Division 2 - Transitional provision for Collections (Notifications) Amendment Regulation 2019

   45.     Particular applications for registration made before the commencement
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3