S.L. 492.4 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 492.

(1) Unless otherwise provided in these regulations, the definitions prescribed in the Act shall apply.

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

"the Act" means the Voluntary Organisations Act;

"administrators" shall have the meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"annual accounts" means all accounting records of income and expenditure kept by a voluntary organisation for the respective financial year;

"charitable donation" means a donation in cash or in kind including goods and items donated or services made to a charity shop to support a voluntary organisation to obtain its primary purpose and objectives;

"charity shop" means an establishment which is open to the general public to carry out trading activities in order to raise funds for a voluntary organisation to achieve its principal purpose and objectives provided that such charity shop may only be established by a voluntary organisation;

"charity retailing" means the sale of new items or the re-sale of goods or items, including those donated by the public, to raise funds for a charity purpose;

"charity shop operator" means a person operating a charity shop and includes the management of such charity shop and the term "charity shop operators" shall be construed accordingly; (CHARITY SHOPS)

"the Commissioner" means the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations;

"donor" means a person who gives a donation in cash or in kind, whether items or goods to charity for a charitable purpose and includes customers;

"employee" means a person not being an administrator, who has entered, or is employed by virtue of a contract of service with the charity shop, or any person who has undertaken personally to execute any work or services for, and under the immediate direction and control of a charity shop against remuneration, but excluding any work or services performed in a professional capacity or as a contractor for another person, when such work or service is not regulated by a specific contract of service. Such work or services to charity shops may include, but are not limited to fundraising activities or public events;

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

"trading activity" means the carrying out of activities by a charity shop in order to raise funds for a voluntary organisation;

"voluntary organisation" means an organisation established in accordance with article 3 of the Act;

"voluntary organisation number" means the number allocated to a voluntary organisation by the Commissioner upon its enrolment.