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CONSUMER PROTECTION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 (NO. 25 OF 2019) - SECT 16

16 .         Section 15 amended

        (1)         Delete section 15(1) to (3) and insert:


        (1)         In this section —

        collection records means —

            (a)         accounts setting out the money and goods collected or received by the collector for a charitable purpose; and

            (b)         statements setting out the way the money and goods collected or received by the collector have been dealt with;

        collector means a person, society, body, or association that collects or receives money or goods for a charitable purpose.

        (2)         A collector must keep collection records and retain them for 7 years after the end of the financial year to which they relate.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.

        (3)         The Commissioner may require in writing that a collector, within a specified time —

            (a)         give the Commissioner a copy of, or access to, the collection records of the collector; or

            (b)         have the collection records of the collector audited by an auditor approved by the Commissioner and give the Commissioner a copy of, or access to, the audited collection records.

        (3A)         A collector must comply with a requirement under subsection (3).

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.

        (3B)         Without limiting section 12(2), the Commissioner may impose conditions relating to giving the Commissioner collection records.


        (2)         In section 15(4) delete “any such penalty” and insert:


                a penalty under subsection (2) or (3A),




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