Charities Act 2006 A Guide to the New Law

The Charities Act 2006 signalled a radical overhaul of the legislation affecting charities. Its far-reaching changes affected virtually all aspects of charities law, including:

• expansion of the four heads of charitable purpose to thirteen categories
• an emphasis on public benefit, so that charities have to demonstrate what they do that benefits the community
• widened regulatory powers for the Charity Commission and a new Charity Tribunal which have the power to revisit the Commission's decision-making
• rules on restructuring and charity mergers, including the protection of legacies on mergers
• the option for charities to adopt a corporate structure as 'Charitable Incorporated Organisation'
• rules regarding the remuneration of trustees and the power to spend capital
• a framework for the regulation of public charitable collections.

Written by experts in this area, Charities Act 2006, will help you to keep informed of the changes in the law and to understand their implications. The book also provides the consolidated text of the 1992, 1993 and 2006 Acts.Bottom of Form.