2009

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Charitable Collections Amendment
Regulation 2009 (No 1)

SL2009-36

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Presented by
Simon Corbell MLA
Attorney General

Charitable Collections Amendment
Regulation 2009 (No 1)

Outline

The objective of the Regulation is to declare that specified activities by trustee corporations, including the Public Trustee for the ACT, involving charitable trust funds, are not collections under S. 7 (3) of the Charitable Collections Act 2003 (the Act).  The new exempt collections relate to soliciting and receiving money by trustee corporations or by, or on behalf of, entities for charitable trust fund purposes. 

Charitable Collections Amendment
Regulation 2009 (No 1)

Detail

Clause 1 – Name of regulation
This is a technical clause that states that the regulation is the Charitable Collections Amendment Regulation 2009 (No 1). 

Clause 2 – Commencement
This clause provides that the regulation commences the day after it is notified on the legislation register.
Clause 3 – Legislation amended
This clause states that the regulation amends the Charitable Collections Regulation 2003.
Clause 4 – New section 6 (1) (g) and (h)
This section outlines what are not collections under section 7 (3) (g) of the Act.  The new exempt collections include:

(1)	money solicited or received by a trustee corporation incidental to the administration of a charitable trust fund, 
(2)	money solicited or received by, or on behalf of an entity, for a charitable trust fund administered by a trustee corporation.

Clause 5 – Dictionary, new definitions 
This clause inserts two new definitions into section 6 (2) of the Charitable Collections Regulation 2003.