Collectors must wear consecutively numbered identification badges stating the name of the collecting organisation, the name of the collector and specifying the period of the authority to collect. Collectors must show their numbered identification badge when requesting donations or selling goods. Collectors must issue a receipt for all donations received and goods sold. All receipts must be consecutively numbered and bear the name and address of the organisation collected for. Collecting boxes must bear the name of the charitable organisation for which the appeal is being made.
Collectors can be either volunteers or paid collectors.
Your organisation should ensure that the collector is aware of the above requirements when collecting house to house. The amount of remuneration to be paid to the collector is an issue between the collector and the employing organisation. Children under the age of sixteen are not allowed to collect house to house without the approval of the Minister. Approval will not be given for primary school aged children to participate in an appeal. Any organisation wanting to conduct a street collection in the Perth metropolitan area, whether or not licensed, under the Charitable Collections Act 1946, must have a separate street collection permit.