House to House Collections Act 1939

11 Interpretation.E+W

(1)In this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

• “charitable purpose” means any charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purpose, whether or not the purpose is charitable within the meaning of any rule of law;

• “collection” means an appeal to the public, made by means of visits from house to house, to give, whether for consideration or not, money or other property; and “collector” means, in relation to a collection, a person who makes the appeal in the course of such visits as aforesaid;

• “house” includes a place of business;

• “licence” means a licence under this Act;

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• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Act;

• “proceeds” means, in relation to a collection, all money and all other property given, whether for consideration or not, in response to the appeal made;

• “promoter” means, in relation to a collection, a person who causes others to act, whether for remuneration or otherwise, as collectors for the purposes of the collection; and “promote” and “promotion” have corresponding meanings.

(2)For the purposes of this Act, a collection shall be deemed to be made for a particular purpose where the appeal is made in association with a representation that the money or other property appealed for, or part thereof, will be applied for that purpose.