The Act of 1962 is amended -

(a) in section 1, by -

(i) the substitution of the following definition for the definition of "collection":

"‘collection’ means the collection or attempted collection of money from the public in any public place or places or by house to house visits or both in such place or places and by such visits for the benefit (actual, alleged or implied) of a particular object, whether charitable or not, and whether -

(a) any consideration is or is not given, or

(b) any badge, emblem or other token is or is not exchanged or offered in exchange,

for money so collected, but does not include exempt activity, begging or receiving alms;",

(ii) the insertion of the following definitions:

"‘charitable organisation’ means a charitable organisation -

(a) registered in the register established and maintained under section 39 of the Charities Act 2009, or

(b) deemed to be registered in the register in accordance with section 40 of that Act;

‘exempt activity’ means -

(a) street-trading within the meaning of the Street Trading Act 1926, or