Reviewed by: Law Society book shop
Author: Michael King and Ann Phillips
Publisher: Law Society Publishing

The new Charities Act 2006 signals a radical overhaul of the legislation affecting charities. Its far-reaching changes affect virtually all aspects of charities law.

The new Charities Act 2006 signals a radical overhaul of the legislation affecting charities. Its far-reaching changes affect 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 will have to demonstrate what they do that benefits the community
  • widened regulatory powers for the Charity Commission and a new Charity Tribunal which will have the power to revisit the Commission's decision-making
  • new rules on restructuring and charity mergers, including the protection of legacies on mergers
  • the option for charities to adopt a new corporate structure as 'Charitable Incorporated Organisation'
  • new rules regarding the remuneration of trustees and the power to spend capital
  • a new framework for the regulation of public charitable collections.

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

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