Charities Bill

Session 2005-06
Other Bills before Parliament

Short Title of the Bill
Provide for the establishment and functions of the Charity Commission for England and Wales and the Charity Tribunal; to make other amendments of the law about charities, including provision about charitable incorporated organisations; to make further provision about public charitable collections and other fund-raising carried on in connection with charities and other institutions; to make other provision about the funding of such institutions; and for connected purposes.

Extract from Explanatory Note produced by Government Department   
In July 2001 the Prime Minister commissioned a review of the law and regulation of charities and other not-for-profit organisations. The review was carried out by the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit and was published (as "Private Action, Public Benefit") in September 2002 "http://www.number-10.gov.uk/su/voluntary/report/index.htm. It was not a statement of settled Government policy but an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the current legal and regulatory framework accompanied by a series of recommendations, addressed to the Government, for change. Before responding to these recommendations the Government sought views on them through an open public consultation which ran from September 2002 to January 2003. (Source: Explanatory Note Bill 83-EN.htm)

Bill Information

European Convention on Human Rights
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