Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00029:section:8:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00029
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 10/28)
Character Range: 580520–591744

maintained for the purpose of providing money for:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the public fund must:                                                                                                              none
                            (a) *registered public benevolent institutions; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     (a) have been established before 23 October 1963; and
                            (b) the establishment of registered public benevolent institutions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     (b) be:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (i) a *registered charity; or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (ii) operated by a registered charity
4.1.3                       a public fund established and maintained for the purpose of relieving the necessitous circumstances of one or more individuals who are in Australia                                                                                                                                                                                                                    the public fund must be:                                                                                                           none
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (a) an *Australian government agency; or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (b) a *registered charity; or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (c) operated by an Australian government agency or a registered charity
4.1.4                       an institution whose principal activity is the promotion of the prevention or the control of *behaviour that is harmful or abusive to human beings                                                                                                                                                                                                                     the institution must:                                                                                                              the gift must be received by the institution's gift fund (mentioned in section 30‑130)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (a) be a *registered charity; and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (b) meet the requirements of section 30‑130; and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (c) have a policy of not acting as a mere conduit for the donation of money or property to other organisations, bodies or persons
4.1.5                       a public fund (including a public fund established and maintained by a public benevolent institution) that is established and maintained solely for providing money for the relief (including relief by way of assistance to re‑establish a community) of people in Australia in distress as a result of a disaster to which subsection 30‑45A(1) or 30‑46(1) applies  the public fund must:                                                                                                              see subsections 30‑45A(4) and 30‑46(2)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (a) be:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (i) an *Australian government agency; or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (ii) a *registered charity; or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (b) be operated by:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (i) an Australian government agency; or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (ii) a registered charity
4.1.6                       an institution whose principal activity is one or both of the following:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               the institution must be a *registered charity                                                                                      none
                            (a) providing short‑term direct care to animals (but not only native wildlife) that have been lost or mistreated or are without owners;
                            (b) rehabilitating orphaned, sick or injured animals (but not only native wildlife) that have been lost or mistreated or are without owners
4.1.7                       an institution that would be a public benevolent institution, but for one or both of the following:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    the institution must be a *registered charity                                                                                      none
                            (a) it also promotes the prevention or the control of diseases in human beings (but not as a principal activity);
                            (b) it also promotes the prevention or the control of *behaviour that is harmful or abusive to human beings (but not as a principal activity)

 (2) This table sets out specific welfare and rights recipients.

Welfare and rights—Specific
Item                         Fund, authority or institution                                                    Special conditions
4.2.1                        Amnesty International Australia                                                   none
4.2.2                        the Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia                             none
4.2.3                        the National Foundation for Australian