4Councils and certain trusts

4 Councils and certain trusts

4 Councils and certain trusts

(1) For the purposes of the Act, section 9(2)(a), the following organisations and persons are authorised to conduct a fundraising appeal without being the holder of an authority—

(a) a council,

(b) a committee of a council, whether or not all of the members of the committee are councillors of the council,

(c) for a fundraising appeal conducted for a trust—the trustees of the trust if 1 or more of the trustees is—

(i) a council, or

(ii) a mayor, councillor, general manager, public officer or senior staff member of a council who is a trustee by virtue of holding the office, or

(iii) a person nominated by a council who is a trustee by virtue of the person’s nomination.

(2) In this section—

council, councillor, mayor, public officer and senior staff have the same meanings as in the Local Government Act 1993.