S.L. 492.3 Art. 2Interpretation.

(1) The definitions prescribed in the Act and in the

Public Collections Act shall apply, unless they are mutatis mutandis inconsistent with these regulations.

(2) For the purpose of these regulations and unless the context otherwise requires:

"the Act" means the Voluntary Organisations Act;

"collector" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in the Public Collections Act and the term "public collector" and "public collectors" shall be construed accordingly;

"compliant" means any voluntary organisation which has been declared to be in conformity with the provisions of the Act and any subsidiary legislation made thereunder;

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations;

"crowd funding" means any form of collection made through any media including but not limited to the internet, whereby any type of credit and, or money is raised by means of deposits or transfers made by the general public;

"financial year" means the financial year in respect of which annual accounts are prepared by voluntary organisations;

"fundraising activity" means an activity or event organised by a voluntary organisation to raise funds for a social, charitable, or public purpose;

"harassment" means any form of aggressive pressure or intimidation, persecution, annoyance, inconvenience, nuisance, (PUBLIC COLLECTIONS)

pestering or bothering, force or coercion caused by collectors to the public when conducting any form of public collections and includes sexual harassment;

"promoter" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in the Public Collections Act;

"public" means any natural or legal person from the community other than any existing founders, administrators, members, fund raisers, management, beneficiaries or donors of a voluntary organisation and shall not include less than fifty persons in one or more public event or fundraising activities;

"public collection" means a collection from the general public by a voluntary organisation and includes any form of collection, whether in cash or in kind, tangible or intangible, corporate or incorporate, movable or immovable, by any means or in any manner whatsoever, and excludes collections or fundraising activities carried out between members of a voluntary organisation;

"voluntary organisation" means an enrolled voluntary organisation established in terms of article 3 of the Act;

"Voluntary Organisations Fund" means the foundation established by article 37 of the Act;

"VO number" means the enrolment number or reference given to enrolled voluntary organisations.