Collections Act 1966
sec.6Application of this Act
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sec.6 Application of this Act
Unless otherwise herein indicated, the provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in substitution for or diminution of the provisions of any Act or of any regulation or rule thereunder. This Act shall not apply to any appeal for support solely for the advancement of religion by or on behalf of any religious denomination. Unless herein otherwise expressly provided, this Act shall not apply to any appeal for support for any purpose to which part 3 applies, made by or on behalf of any religious denomination. Nothing in this Act and no assignment under section 16 shall prejudice or otherwise affect any of the provisions of any other Act or the provisions of any regulation or local law relating to the regulation or control of traffic or to public health or to the powers, functions, authorities, or duties of any local government or local governments or to the regulation or control of some other matter or thing, save that where a day or days are assigned under section 16 for the making of any street collection then no licence or permit shall be issued pursuant to or under the authority of such other Act or such regulation or local law which would enable the holding of any other street collection in the locality, street, city or town in respect of which that assignment was made. See also section 23L in relation to deemed registrants. s 6 amd 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1 ; 2022 No. 23 s 47 (sec.6-ssec.1) Unless otherwise herein indicated, the provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in substitution for or diminution of the provisions of any Act or of any regulation or rule thereunder. (sec.6-ssec.2) This Act shall not apply to any appeal for support solely for the advancement of religion by or on behalf of any religious denomination. (sec.6-ssec.3) Unless herein otherwise expressly provided, this Act shall not apply to any appeal for support for any purpose to which part 3 applies, made by or on behalf of any religious denomination. (sec.6-ssec.4) Nothing in this Act and no assignment under section 16 shall prejudice or otherwise affect any of the provisions of any other Act or the provisions of any regulation or local law relating to the regulation or control of traffic or to public health or to the powers, functions, authorities, or duties of any local government or local governments or to the regulation or control of some other matter or thing, save that where a day or days are assigned under section 16 for the making of any street collection then no licence or permit shall be issued pursuant to or under the authority of such other Act or such regulation or local law which would enable the holding of any other street collection in the locality, street, city or town in respect of which that assignment was made.