House to House Collection

The House to House Collections Act 1939 as amended by the Local Government Act 1972 and the House to House Collections Regulations 1947 and 1963 give the Local Authority power to regulate collections made from house to house for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes.

It is an offence to make a house to house collection for a charitable purpose without the promoter first obtaining a licence from the Local Authority for the particular area(s) where the collection is to take place.

This means that if a collection is to take place in an area which covers more than one Local Authority, the approval of the Local Authority for each area will be required before the collection can take place in that particular area.

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