Explanatory note

These Regulations, which extend to England and Wales only, are made in pursuance of sections 59 and 64 of the Charities Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”) for purposes connected with certain other provisions of Part II of that Act (control of fund-raising for charitable institutions).

Regulations 2 and 3 prescribe the form and content of agreements made for the purposes of section 59 of the 1992 Act by, respectively, professional fund-raisers and commercial participators. Regulation 4 prescribes the content of notices served under section 62(3) of the 1992 Act (unauthorised fund-raising).

Regulations 5 and 6 provide, respectively, for the making available of books, documents and other records, and the transmission of money and other property, to charitable institutions. Regulation 7 exercises the power in section 64(2)(e) of the 1992 Act to make provision regulating the raising of funds for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes otherwise than by professional fund-raisers or commercial participators and regulation 8 exercises the power in section 64(4) to provide that failure to comply with any of the provisions of these Regulations which are specified in paragraph (2) of that regulation shall be a summary offence punishable by a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.