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Examination of collecting boxes and receipt books

House to House and Street Collections Regulations 1976

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—(1) If a collecting box is returned to the promoter of a collection pursuant to regulation 10(1), the collecting box must —(a)be examined by the promoter and another person appointed by the chief promoter of the collection to examine the collecting box and its contents; and(b)if the collecting box contains money, be opened in the presence of the promoter and that other person.(2) As soon as the collecting box is opened, the sum contained in the collecting box must be —(a)counted;(b)recorded in the book which is in the custody of the promoter under regulation 4(c), against the distinguishing number mentioned in that regulation; and(c)certified by the promoter and the other person mentioned in paragraph (1)(a).(3) If a collecting box is delivered to a bank pursuant to regulation 10(1), the collecting box may, in the absence of the promoter of the collection, be examined and opened, and the sum contained in the collecting box or the contents of the collecting box may be counted and certified by one or more officers of the bank acting on its behalf.(4) Every receipt book returned to the promoter of a collection pursuant to regulation 10(2) must be examined by the promoter and any other person appointed by the chief promoter of the collection to examine the receipt book and any collected property and sum returned with the receipt book pursuant to regulation 10(2).(5) In examining a receipt book under paragraph (4), the promoter of a collection and the other person, mentioned in that paragraph as the person whom the chief promoter has appointed to examine the receipt book must —(a)if money has been collected, check the total amount entered in the receipt book as having been collected with the sum returned with the receipt book under regulation 10(2) and record and certify that sum; and(b)if other property has been collected, check all the properties entered in the receipt book as having been collected together with those returned with the receipt book under regulation 10(2) and record and certify those properties which have been so returned,in the book which is in the custody of the promoter under regulation 4(c), against the distinguishing number mentioned in that provision.

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