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s 15

Letters etc. by commercial fundraisers must disclose certain details

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Part 2Provisions applying to all fundraising appeals

15 Letters etc. by commercial fundraisers must disclose certain details

(1)

This section applies if a commercial fundraiser seeks donations to, or offers to sell anything as part of, a fundraising appeal by any means of communication to which section 14 does not apply.

(2)

In the case of any communication by means of a document, the commercial fundraiser must ensure that the document states—

(a)

that the document has been sent or distributed by the commercial fundraiser; and

(b)

that the commercial fundraiser has been retained on a commercial basis to send or distribute the document.

  1. In the case of a corporation, 240 penalty units.

In any other case, 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months or both.

(3)

In the case of any other means of communication, the commercial fundraiser must ensure that a donation is not sought, and that an offer to sell is not made, unless any person from whom the donation is sought, or to whom the offer is made, is informed of—

(a)

the fact that the communication has been made by the commercial fundraiser; and

(b)

the fact that the commercial fundraiser has been retained on a commercial basis to seek the donation or make the offer by that means of communication.

  1. In the case of a corporation, 240 penalty units.

In any other case, 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months or both.

S. 15A inserted by No. 2/2009 s. 10.

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