Order, order.

Charity Fund Raising Commission Bill 2015

A Bill to enable those giving to a charity through an agent to know how much of that money goes to the charity.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's [King's] most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, in accordance with the provisions of the Parliament acts 1911 and 1949, and by the authority of the same, as follows

I) Definitions

1) A charity shall be any charity registered charity with the Charity Commission.
2) An agent shall be any individual or group of individuals collecting donations on behalf of a charity.
3) Donations include all payments whether one off payments or agreements for regular donations.

II) Duties of agents

a) Recording of telephone calls.

1) All phone conversations shall be recorded in a common readily accessible audio medium and shall be available on demand.

2) All recordings shall be kept for a minimum of one year.

3) All recordings shall be kept in the EU.

b) Duty to disclose over telephone

1) The agency must on demand disclose it's name and address and the town or city and country from which the agent is calling.

2) the Agent must on demand disclose how much they are getting paid for their work and if it is commission base.

3) If their work is commission based the must on demand disclose their commission rate.

4) If their work is based on the number of people they get to sign up then the agent must on demand disclose the rate per person.

c) Duty to disclose in person

1) the Agent must on demand disclose how much they are getting paid for their work and if it is commission base.

2) If their work is commission based the must on demand disclose their commission rate.

3) If their work is based on the number of people they get to sign up then the agent must on demand disclose the rate per person.

III) Failure to comply

a) Failure to keep proper records will incur a fine of up to £10,000
b Failure to disclose will incur a fine up to £10,000
c Giving false or misleading information as per the Duty To Disclose will incur an fine up to £500,000

IV) Short title

This bill may be cited as the Charity fund raising commission Bill 2015
This Bill will come into force on the 1st of October 2015
This Bill extends to the whole United Kingdom.

This bill was submitted by /u/AlbertDock.

The reading of this bill shall end on the 3rd of December 2015.