Information sheet
Doorknock Collections
City Compliance
PO Box 70, Sunshine, 3020
Keilor Office
704B Old Calder Highway
Keilor Victoria 3036
T 9249 4000
F 9249 4351
W brimbank.vic.gov.au
General Local Law 2008
Attached is a copy of the information relating to obtaining a permit for Doorknock Collections.
Before your application can be processed you must provide Council with the following:
1. Completed application form
2. Payment of the appropriate permit fee
3. Completed Indemnity Form
Also, your public liability insurance must be current. You must provide Council with a copy of your
insurance policy in a form approved by Council NOTING THE INTERESTS OF BRIMBANK CITY
COUNCIL AS A PRINCIPAL insuring for a minimum sum of $10,000,000 (ten million dollars) or
more and showing that you have paid the premium.
Please return the above information to:
City Compliance
Brimbank City Council
PO Box 70
SUNSHINE 3020.
If you require additional information please contact the City Compliance Department on 9249 4826.
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Guidelines
Doorknock Collections
City Compliance
PO Box 70, Sunshine, 3020
Keilor Office
704B Old Calder Highway
Keilor Victoria 3036
T 9249 4000
F 9249 4351
W brimbank.vic.gov.au
General Local Law 2008
In accordance with the Brimbank City Council General Local Law 2008 the following guidelines are
considered in determining conditions and issuing permits relating to Doorknock Collections.
A registered charitable organisation includes local charities, hospitals, churches, community and
sporting organisations.
1. Guideline objectives
a.
Provide a clear indication to registered charitable organisations collecting under what
circumstances Council would consider the issuing of a permit
b.
Ensuring that residents and other persons who wish to make a donation to a registered
charitable organisation are able to do so and for that purpose and clearly know who they are
donating to
2. Application procedure
a.
Applications shall be made on the application form associated with this document and all
details on the form must be completed
b.
The application shall then be assessed in accordance with the criteria detailed in these
guidelines
3. Guidelines
a.
Collectors must wear a badge which is easily read by the public indicating whether they are
paid workers or unpaid volunteers and show the name of the registered charitable
organisation they are collecting for
b.
Doorknock collections may only be undertaken for registered charitable organisations
c.
Only one doorknock collection will be permitted in an area at any one time
d.
The applicant must produce a current public liability insurance policy to the value of
$10 million
e.
The applicant must produce written indemnification of Council against liability for activities
authorised by the permit
f.
Persons collecting must be over 18 years of age
g.
The applicant must produce a current insurance policy that covers its collectors for any
injury that may be caused by the collection activity
h. The applicant must comply with any other Act, Regulation or Requirement that is applicable
to this activity. This includes compliance with the Fundraising Appeals Act 1998
4. Permit
a.
i.
On assessment of all the criteria specified in this document, Council shall:
•
Brimbank City Council
issue a permit which may include various conditions which are required to be
adhered to; or
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ii.
b.
refuse the application
The holder of any permit shall at all times ensure that the conditions of the permit are
adhered to at all times
Penalties:
i.
Any proven contravention of any condition of the permit could result in a maximum
penalty of $1,000 being issued and in situations of continued breaches, further permit
applications may be refused
ii.
The carrying out of roadside collection without a permit could result in a maximum
penalty of $1,000
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Permit application
Doorknock Collections
City Compliance
PO Box 70, Sunshine, 3020
Keilor Office
704B Old Calder Highway
Keilor Victoria 3036
T 9249 4000
F 9249 4351
W brimbank.vic.gov.au
Applicant details
Name of applicant:
Address:
Suburb:
Postcode:
Telephone:
Email:
Application is made to carry out a doorknock collection for:
Please specify registered charitable organisation
Name:
Address:
Suburb:
Postcode:
On (please specify dates):
At (please show area collection is being undertaken):
•
I have attached a current copy of my public liability insurance to the value of
$10,000,000 valid for the period of the permit and endorsed to cover the display of
advertising signs at the location specified.
Yes
No
•
I have also attached written indemnification of Council against any liability for any
activities that may be authorised by the permit if issued by Council.
Yes
No
(Please note: The application will not be processed without all of the above information).
Signature of applicant:
Date:
Privacy Collection Statement
Personal information collected on this form is to assist Council staff to process and assess an application for doorknock collections as required by General Local Law 2008,
and will be used solely for that purpose. Personal information will not be disclosed to any other person unless required by law. You may apply for access and/or
amendment to your personal information by contacting Council’s City Compliance Department.
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Form of indemnity
City Compliance
PO Box 70, Sunshine, 3020
Keilor Office
704B Old Calder Highway
Keilor Victoria 3036
T 9249 4000
F 9249 4351
W brimbank.vic.gov.au
THIS INDEMNITY is given the
day of
20
By
(hereinafter called “the Indemnifier”)
to the CITY OF BRIMBANK
(hereinafter called “the Council”)
WHEREAS the Indemnifier has applied to the Council for authority to use portion of a road or other public
area within the municipal district under the Council’s General Local Law 2008.
NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that in consideration of the Council granting such authority to
conduct a Doorknock collection:
at
On the following dates
In consideration of the Council granting such authority the applicant agrees to take out and keep current
during the period of the authority a liability insurance policy insuring, for a minimum sum of ten million
dollars ($10 million), the applicant against all actions, costs, claims, charges, expenses and damages which
may arise under the indemnity set out below.
The applicant agrees to indemnify and keep indemnified the Council, its servants and agents and each of
them from and against all actions, costs, claims, charges, expenses, penalties, demands and damages
whatsoever which may be brought or made or claimed against them or any of them arising directly from
the applicant’s negligent acts, errors or omissions.
The applicant’s liability to indemnify the Council shall be reduced proportionately to the extent that any act
or omission of the Council, its servants or agents, contributed to the loss or liability.
Nothing in this Indemnity shall constitute an agreement by the parties to contact out of their respective
liability as determined under the Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic).
SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED by:
Name:
In Victoria in the presence of:
(Signature)
Witness:
(Signature)
OR
THE COMMON SEAL OF
Director
Was hereunto affixed in accordance with its Articles
of Association in the presence of:
Brimbank City Council
Secretary
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