Collections for Charities Regulations 2011

Collections for Charities Regulations 2011

I, the Lieutenant-Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Collections for Charities Act 2001 .

E. C. CRAWFORD

Lieutenant-Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

NICK McKIM

Minister for Corrections and Consumer Protection

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Collections for Charities Regulations 2011 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on 19 September 2011.

3.   Interpretation

In these regulations –

Act means the Collections for Charities Act 2001 .

4.   Authorised soliciting by religious organisations

For the purposes of section 4(j) of the Act, soliciting by a religious organisation, by way of an appeal to its adherents or any other person who has attended a religious service held by that organisation, is authorised.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 17 August 2011

These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

(a) authorise appeals by religious organisations to their adherents and certain other persons for the purposes of the Collections for Charities Act 2001 ; and

(b) are made consequentially on the repeal of the Collections for Charities Regulations 2001 under section 11 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1992 .