What this covers
Why you need it
Parliament created it. The power to require it comes from House to House Collections Act 1939.
What the Act carries
What our graph holds for House to House Collections Act 1939 as a whole — the Act behind this licence, not the licence conditions themselves.
- Duties on businesses
- 5
- Penalties
- 5
- Exemptions
- 1
Duties on businesses under the Act
- Promote or collect for a charitable house-to-house collection without a licence s.1
- Breach of house-to-house collection regulations s.4
- Use unauthorised charity collection badge or certificate s.5
- Fail to give name and address to police when collecting for charity s.6
- Provide false information for house-to-house collection purposes s.8
What happens if you get it wrong
- Provide false information for house-to-house collection purposes 6 months imprisonment
- Breach of house-to-house collection regulations
- Fail to give name and address to police when collecting for charity
- Promote or collect for a charitable house-to-house collection without a licence
- Use unauthorised charity collection badge or certificate
Exemptions that may take you outside it
- National charities exempt from local collection licensing — Charity operating throughout England or a substantial part, granted an exemption order by the Secretary of State
Read our full dossier on House to House Collections Act 1939
Who issues it
Your local council issues this. Councils apply the same statute but set their own fees, conditions and timescales.
Where to apply
Duty, penalty and exemption labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the enabling instrument, not the instrument itself. Fees, forms and conditions are set by the issuing authority — always check the linked source.