New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHARITABLE FUNDRAISING ACT 1991 - SECT 48

48 Remuneration of board members of charitable fundraising organisations

(1) A person must not accept and keep any remuneration, payment or other benefit from an organisation that holds an authority under this Act if the person holds any office, or acts as a member of the governing body, of the organisation.

: Maximum penalty--200 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if--

(a) the Minister, by order published in the Gazette, has declared that subsection (1) does not apply to the office or position concerned, or a class of offices or positions that includes the office or position concerned, or

(b) the Minister has given prior approval to a person accepting and keeping the remuneration, payment or other benefit despite subsection (1), or

(c) the person concerned holds the office or acts in the position by reason of the person's office as a minister of religion or a member of a religious order.

(3) An approval under this section is subject to any conditions imposed by the Minister when giving the approval.

(4) An approval under this section is to be in writing.

(5) An application for approvals must be addressed in writing to the Minister by the organisation concerned.

(6) In this section,
"remuneration, payment or other benefit" does not include a travelling or subsistence allowance payable to a person.

(7) The regulations may exempt an organisation, or a class of organisations, from the application of this section.