Charitable Collections Regulation 2003

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Schedule 1 Statutory conditions about children taking part in collections

(see s 10)

1.1 Consent to take part in collections

A child who is under 12 years old must not take part in a collection unless a person with parental responsibility for the child has given written consent to the child taking part in the collection.

A child who is at least 12 years old must not take part in a collection unless—

the child has given his or her written consent to taking part in the collection; and

a person with parental responsibility for the child has given written consent to the child taking part in the collection.

1.2 Supervision of children under 6 years old

A child under 6 years old who is taking part in a collection must be directly supervised by a person with parental responsibility for the child.

1.3 Supervision of children 6 years old or older

This section applies in relation to a child who is 6 years old or older who is taking part in a collection.

The child must be adequately supervised having regard to the age, sex and maturity of the child.

The person supervising the child (the supervisor) must be an adult.

The supervisor must—

supervise no more than 6 children; and

ensure that each child is accompanied by another child who is at least 6 years old or by an adult; and

be in close proximity to each child being supervised; and

know the whereabouts of each child; and

take all reasonable steps to ensure that each child does not—

enter a private dwelling; or

solicit or receive money or a benefit from a person in a motor vehicle; and

make contact with each child at intervals of not longer than 30 minutes.

Subsection (4) does not apply if a child is accompanied by an adult while taking part in the collection.

1.4 Contact by person with parental responsibility

A collection must be carried out in such a way as to give a person with parental responsibility for a child taking part in the collection a reasonable opportunity to contact the child.

1.6 Maximum periods

A child under 12 years old must not take part in a collection for more than 3 hours (including any rest breaks) on any 1 day.

A child who is at least 12 years old—

must not take part in a collection for more than 7 hours (including any rest breaks) on any 1 day; and

must not take part in a collection for more than 3 hours without a rest break of at least 30 minutes.

Dictionary

(see s 3)

Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this regulation.

Note 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:

 adult

 body

 director‑general

 financial year

 foreign country

 penalty unit (see s 133)

 public trustee and guardian

 State

 writing.

Note 3 Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in the Charitable Collections Act 2003 (see Legislation Act, s 148). For example, the following terms are defined in the Charitable Collections Act 2003, dict:

 benefit

 collection

 commercial fundraiser

 conducts, for a collection

 licence

 proceeds, of a collection

 takes part, in a collection.

motor vehicle—see the Road Transport (General) Act 1999, dictionary.

parental responsibility—a person has parental responsibility for a child if the person has parental responsibility for the child under the Children and Young People Act 2008, division 1.3.2.