Street and House To House Collections Act, 1962

Grant of collectors' authorisations.

14.—(1) A person shall not act as a collector in a collection if he is not in possession of an authorisation in writing (in this Act referred to as a collector's authorisation) relating to the collection and granted to him in accordance with the provisions of this section by the holder of the collection permit relating to the collection.

(2) A collector's authorisation shall be in the prescribed form and shall, in addition to such (if any) other particulars as may be prescribed, contain the following particulars, namely, the name, address and age of the collector and the object for the benefit of which, the day or days on which, and the time or times during which, the collection to which it relates is being held:

Provided that a statement that the collector to whom the authorisation is granted is over the age of twenty-one years shall be deemed to be a statement of his age.

(3) A collector's authorisation shall be signed by the holder of the collection permit by whom it is granted or by a person acting on his behalf, or, where the holder of the permit is a member of a body (being a body corporate or an unincorporated body of persons), by an officer of that body.

(4) A person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence.

(5) In a prosecution for an offence under this section, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that at the time he acted as a collector in the collection, the defendant did not hold a collector's authorisation granted to him by the holder of the collection permit relating to the collection.