National Exemption Orders
An organisation that has been granted a National Exemption Order by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport does not need to apply for a licence. This only applies to house to house collections.
The National Exemption Order scheme exists to remove the need for approved national organisations to apply to multiple Council’s in order to carry out house to house collections.
The exempted organisations must inform the Council of the dates of any planned collections to be carried out in the district.