Tuesday, March 08, 2011

New bill drafted to simplify charity law - Third Sector

New bill drafted to simplify charity law - Third Sector: "Charities Bill brings together existing statutes but leaves out unused legislation that would make the Charity Commission the lead regulator for street and door-to-door fundraising

A new Charities Bill, aimed at consolidating existing areas of charity law, has been put before parliament.

The bill will include law from the Recreational Charities Act 1958, the Charities Act 1993 and the Charities Act 2006.

It brings together existing charity law with the exception of part 3 of the 2006 act, which would make the Charity Commission the lead regulator of public charitable collections but has never been activated."

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