Charities Act 2006
Charities Act 2006 (2006 c. 50)
- Charities Act 2006 (2006 c. 50)
- Part 1 Meaning of “charity” and “charitable purpose”
- 1 Meaning of “charity”
- 2 Meaning of “charitable purpose”
- 3 The “public benefit” test
- 4 Guidance as to operation of public benefit requirement
- 5 Special provisions about recreational charities, sports clubs etc.
- Part 2 Regulation of charities
- Chapter 1 The Charity Commission
- Establishment of Charity Commission
- 6 The Charity Commission
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- 7 The Commission's objectives, general functions and duties
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- 8 The Charity Tribunal
- Chapter 3 Registration of charities
- General
- 9 Registration of charities
- 10 Interim changes in threshold for registration of small charities
- Exempt charities: registration and regulation
- 11 Changes in exempt charities
- 12 Increased regulation of exempt charities under 1993 Act
- 13 General duty of principal regulator in relation to exempt charity
- 14 Commission to consult principal regulator before exercising powers in relation to exempt charity
- Chapter 4 Application of property cy-près
- Cy-près occasions
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- Schemes
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- Chapter 5 Assistance and supervision of charities by court and Commission
- Suspension or removal of trustees etc. from membership
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- Directions by Commission
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- Publicity relating to schemes
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- Common investment schemes
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- Advice or other assistance
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- Powers of entry etc.
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- Mortgages of charity land
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- Chapter 6 Audit or examination of accounts where charity is not a company
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- Chapter 7 Charitable companies
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- Chapter 8 Charitable incorporated organisations
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- Chapter 9 Charity trustees etc.
- Waiver of disqualification
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- Remuneration of trustees etc.
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- Liability of trustees etc.
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- Chapter 10 Powers of unincorporated charities
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- Spending of capital
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- Mergers
- 44 Merger of charities
- Part 3 Funding for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institutions
- Chapter 1 Public charitable collections
- Preliminary
- 45 Regulation of public charitable collections
- 46 Charitable appeals that are not public charitable collections
- 47 Other definitions for purposes of this Chapter
- Restrictions on conducting collections
- 48 Restrictions on conducting collections in a public place
- 49 Restrictions on conducting door to door collections
- 50 Exemption for local, short-term collections
- Public collections certificates
- 51 Applications for certificates
- 52 Determination of applications and issue of certificates
- 53 Grounds for refusing to issue a certificate
- 54 Power to call for information and documents
- 55 Transfer of certificate between trustees of unincorporated charity
- 56 Withdrawal or variation etc. of certificates
- 57 Appeals against decisions of the Commission
- Permits
- 58 Applications for permits to conduct collections in public places
- 59 Determination of applications and issue of permits
- 60 Refusal of permits
- 61 Withdrawal or variation etc. of permits
- 62 Appeals against decisions of local authority
- Supplementary
- 63 Regulations
- 64 Offences
- 65 Offences by bodies corporate
- 66 Service of documents
- Chapter 2 Fund-raising
- 67 Statements indicating benefits for charitable institutions and fund-raisers
- 68 Statements indicating benefits for charitable institutions and collectors
- 69 Reserve power to control fund-raising by charitable institutions
- Chapter 3 Financial assistance
- 70 Power of relevant Minister to give financial assistance to charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institutions
- 71 Power of National Assembly for Wales to give financial assistance to charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institutions
- Part 4 Miscellaneous and general
- Miscellaneous
- 72 Disclosure of information to and by Northern Ireland regulator
- 73 Report on operation of this Act
- General
- 74 Orders and regulations
- 75 Amendments, repeals, revocations and transitional provisions
- 76 Pre-consolidation amendments
- 77 Amendments reflecting changes in company law audit provisions
- 78 Interpretation
- 79 Commencement
- 80 Short title and extent
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 The Charity Commission
- House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)
- Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)
- SCHEDULE 2 Establishment of the Charity Commission: supplementary
- Appointments to Commission
- Effect of transfers under section 6
- First annual report of Commission
- Resource accounts of Commission
- SCHEDULE 3 The Charity Tribunal
- House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)
- Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)
- Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)
- Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53)
- SCHEDULE 4 Appeals and applications to Charity Tribunal
- SCHEDULE 5 Exempt charities: increased regulation under 1993 Act
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- SCHEDULE 6 Group accounts
- SCHEDULE 7 Charitable incorporated organisations
- Part 1 New Part 8A of and Schedule 5B to 1993 Act
- Part 2 Other amendments of 1993 Act
- SCHEDULE 8 Minor and consequential amendments
- Literary and Scientific Institutions Act 1854 (c. 112)
- Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (c. 81)
- Bishops Trusts Substitution Act 1858 (c. 71)
- Places of Worship Sites Amendment Act 1882 (c. 21)
- Municipal Corporations Act 1882 (c. 50)
- Technical and Industrial Institutions Act 1892 (c. 29)
- Local Government Act 1894 (c. 73)
- Commons Act 1899 (c. 30)
- Open Spaces Act 1906 (c. 25)
- Police, Factories, &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1916 (c. 31)
- National Trust Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1919 (c. lxxxiv)
- Settled Land Act 1925 (c. 18)
- Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 (c. 36)
- Voluntary Hospitals (Paying Patients) Act 1936 (c. 17)
- Green Belt (London and Home Counties) Act 1938 (c. xciii)
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- Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (c. 44)
- London County Council (General Powers) Act 1947 (c. xlvi)
- London County Council (General Powers) Act 1951 (c. xli)
- City of London (Various Powers) Act 1952 (c. vi)
- City of London (Guild Churches) Act 1952 (c. xxxviii)
- London County Council (General Powers) Act 1955 (c. xxix)
- Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956 (No. 3)
- Recreational Charities Act 1958 (c. 17)
- Church Funds Investment Measure 1958 (No. 1)
- Incumbents and Churchwardens (Trusts) Measure 1964 (No. 2)
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- Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1967 (No. 1)
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation (Greater London Parks and Open Spaces) Act 1967 (c. xxix)
- Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969 (c. 22)
- Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54)
- Synodical Government Measure 1969 (No. 2)
- Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)
- Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39)
- Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65)
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- Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)
- Dioceses Measure 1978 (No. 1)
- Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) Act 1981 (c. 18)
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30)
- Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53)
- Pastoral Measure 1983 (No. 1)
- Rates Act 1984 (c. 33)
- Companies Act 1985 (c. 6)
- Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)
- Housing Associations Act 1985 (c. 69)
- Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c. 5)
- Coal Industry Act 1987 (c. 3)
- Reverter of Sites Act 1987 (c. 15)
- Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40)
- Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)
- London Local Authorities Act 1991 (c. xiii)
- Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13)
- Charities Act 1992 (c. 41)
- Charities Act 1993 (c. 10)
- Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40)
- Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26)
- Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14)
- Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (c. 47)
- Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)
- School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31)
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- Trustee Act 2000 (c. 29)
- Churchwardens Measure 2001 (No. 1)
- Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17)
- Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (c. 27)
- Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35)
- Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)
- Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 10)
- Equality Act 2006 (c. 3)
- SCHEDULE 9 Repeals and revocations
- SCHEDULE 10 Transitional provisions and savings
- Section 4: guidance as to operation of public benefit requirement
- Section 5: recreational charities etc.
- Section 18: cy-près schemes
- Section 19: suspension or removal of trustee etc. from membership of charity
- Section 20: specific directions for protection of charity
- Section 26: offence of obstructing power of entry
- Section 28: audit or examination of accounts of charity which is not a company
- Section 29: auditor etc. of charity which is not a company to report matters to Commission
- Section 32: audit or examination of accounts of charitable companies
- Section 33: auditor etc. of charitable company to report matters to Commission
- Section 35: waiver of trustee's disqualification
- Section 36: remuneration of trustees etc. providing services to charity
- Section 38: relief from liability for breach of trust or duty
- Section 44: registration of charity mergers
- Section 67: statements relating to fund-raising
- Section 72: Disclosure of information to and by Northern Ireland regulator
- Schedule 6: group accounts
- Schedule 8: minor and consequential amendments
- Schedule 9: savings on repeal of provisions of Charities Act 1960
- Schedule 9: savings on repeal of provisions of Charities Act 1992
- Schedule 9: repeal of certain repeals made by Charities Acts 1960 and 1992
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