Street Collections Regulations 1999 (WA)

Western Australia Street Collections (Regulation) Act 1940 Street Collections Regulations 1999 Western Australia Street Collections Regulations 1999 Contents 1. Citation 1 2. Terms used in these regulations 1 3. Application for permit 1 4. Form of permit 1 5. Identification badges 1 6. Minimum age for collectors 2 7. Collection boxes 2 8. Making a collection 2 9. Obstruction 3 10. Collection returns 3 11. Collectors, promoters etc. not to be paid 3 12. Investigation by Commissioner 3 13. Offence 4 14. Infringement notices 4 15. Forms 5 Schedule 1 — Form of permit Schedule 3 — Forms Form 1 — Infringement notice 7 Form 2 — Withdrawal of infringement notice 9 Notes Compilation table 10 Other notes 10 Defined terms Street Collections (Regulation) Act 1940 Street Collections Regulations 1999

1. Citation These regulations may be cited as the Street Collections Regulations 1999.

2. Terms used in these regulations In these regulations — authorise means authorise in writing; Commissioner has the meaning given in the Fair Trading Act 2010; permit means a permit under section 4 of the Act; permit holder means a person to whom a permit has been granted. [Regulation 2 amended: Gazette 22 Sep 2006 p. 4134; 2 Oct 2018 p. 3796.]

3. Application for permit An application for a permit is to be in a form approved by the Minister.

4. Form of permit A permit is to be in the form set out in Schedule 1.

5. Identification badges (1) A collector must wear an identification badge bearing the name of the permit holder in a conspicuous place at all times while taking part in a collection. (2) A collector must allow a person authorised by the Minister to inspect the collector's identification badge on request.

6. Minimum age for collectors A permit holder must not allow a person who is under 16 to be a collector unless authorised by the Minister to do so.