Public Collections Regulations, 1981

L.N. 28 of 1981

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS ACT, 1979

(ACT NO. XVIII OF 1979)

Public Collections Regulations, 1981

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the Public

Collections Act, 1979, the Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior

has made the following regu1ations:-

These regulations may be cited

as the Public Collections

Regulations, 1981.

(Regulation 4)

MALTA POLICE

PUBLIC COLLECfIONS ACf, 1979

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tions Act, 1979, have the same meaning assigned to them by that Act.

(Regulation 4)

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( 1 ) Applications for a licence for a public collection shall be

obtainable from the Police General Headquarters and shall be filed

with the Commissioner not later than fifteen days prior to the date of

the proposed colleotioll.

(2) No such app1ication shall be accepted unless it is accom­

panied by a list of the proposed collectors containing their names,

addresses and age.

A promoter shall -

(a) issue a certificate of authority to every collector authoris­

ing him to act as such. which certificate shall be in the form set out

in the First Schedule to these regulations, and which shall be

obtainable from the Police General Headquarters;

(b) deliver to every collector a collector's badge which shall

be in the form set out in the Second Schedule to these regulations

and which shall be issued by the Commissioner;

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on the termination of the collection, or if the relative

licence has been revoked, on sueh revocation, return all eertificates

of authority and badges to the Commissioner;

(d) exercise all due diligence to ensure that the provisions of

these regulations are being observed.

No person shall act as collector, unless -

he is fourteen years of age or over;

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(b) he has been approved

to act as such by the Com­

missioner;

(c) he is in possession of a certificate of authority issued by

the promoter;

(d) he is in possession of a badge issued by the Com­

missioner.

(l)

A collector shall not, for the purpose of a collection -

act in such a manner as to cause or is likely to cause any

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inconvenience, annoyance or obstruction to other persons;

(b) visit a house which has already been visited by him or

by another collector, for the same collection;

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act as such in the same place as another col1ector unless a

distance of not less than thiliy metres is kept between one collector

and another;

(d) use any musical instruments, loudspeakers or any other

device capable of amplifying sound without the express permission

of the Commissioner; and

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visit any Govemment establishment unless a special

permit in writing has been previously obtained from the Adminis­

trative Secretary.

Every col1ector shall -

(2)

(a) wear the collector's badge on the left breast at all times

during the col1ection;

(b) produce, on demand by any police officer or by any

occupant of a house visited by him for the purpose of the collec­

tion, his certificate of authority;

(c)

be responsi ble for the safe custody of his certificate of

authority and his badge and shall return the said certificate and

badge to the promoter immediately after he has ceased to be a

collector; and

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obey any order given on the spot by a police officer.

All proceeds from any collection are to be deposited in a bank

account in the name of the organising body and any disbursements or

payments are to be made, as much as practicable, by cheque from the

said account.