# The Street Collections (Metropolitan Police District) Regulations 1979, Regulation 17


(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below a collecting box shall be opened in the presence of a promoter and another responsible person.
(2) Where a collecting box is delivered unopened to a bank it may be opened by an official of the bank.
(3) As soon as a collecting box has been opened the person opening it shall count the contents and shall enter the amount with the number of the collecting box on a list which shall be certified by that person.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/1230/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/street-collections-metropolitan-police-district-regulations-1979/regulation-17
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