Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CHARITABLE COLLECTIONS ACT 2003 (NO. 17 OF 2003) - SECT 15

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person takes part in a collection; and

        (b)     the person is not authorised by the relevant licensee to take part in the collection; and

        (c)     either—

              (i)     the person knows that he or she is not authorised to take part in the collection; or

              (ii)     the person is reckless about whether he or she is authorised to take part in the collection.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.

    (2)     This section does not apply to the licensee for the licence authorising the conduct of the collection.

    (3)     In this section:

"relevant licensee", for a person taking part in a collection, means the licensee for the licence authorising the conduct of the collection.