{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/street-collections-metropolitan-police-district-regulations-1979/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/street-collections-metropolitan-police-district-regulations-1979/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1979/1230",
  "legislation_title": "The Street Collections (Metropolitan Police District) Regulations 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/street-collections-metropolitan-police-district-regulations-1979",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Within three months after the date of a collection, the chief promoter shall forward to the Commissioner—\n(a) a statement in the form set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations showing the amount received and the expenses and payments incurred in connection with the collection and certified by two of the persons responsible for the collection referred to in Regulation 5(2) above and by a qualified accountant:\nProvided that if a collection results in a sum of £100 or less being collected, the Commissioner may, if he thinks fit, waive the requirement for certification by a qualified accountant and substitute therefor a requirement for certification by an independent responsible person, unless, after examination of the statement, he decides that it should be certified by a qualified accountant;\n(b) a list showing the names of the collectors; and\n(c) a list of the amounts contained in each collecting box,\nand shall, if required by the Commissioner, satisfy him as to the proper application of the proceeds of the collection.\n(2) The chief promoter shall also, within the same period, at the expense of the chief promoter and after any certification required under paragraph (1)(a) above, publish in such newspaper or newspapers as the Commissioner may direct a statement showing the name of the chief promoter, the area to which the permit relates, the name of the charity or fund to benefit, the date of the collection, the amount collected, the amount distributed to each charity or fund to benefit, and the amount of the expenses and payments incurred in connection with such collection.\n(3) Not later than seven days after the publication of a newspaper containing the statement required by paragraph (2) above the chief promoter shall send a copy of that newspaper to the Commissioner.\n(4) For the purposes of this Regulation “a qualified accountant” means a member of one or more of the following bodies:—\nthe Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales;\nthe Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland;\nthe Association of Certified Accountants;\nthe Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1986/1696",
      "affecting_title": "The Street Collections (Metropolitan Police District) (Amendment) Regulations 1986"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/1230/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:12:25.882572+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}