Charities Act 2006
2006 c. 50 · Enacted 8 November 2006 · Extends to United Kingdom
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Contents
- Part 1: Meaning of “charity” and “charitable purpose”
- 1Meaning of “charity” Repealed
- 2Meaning of “charitable purpose” Repealed
- 3The “public benefit” test Repealed
- 4Guidance as to operation of public benefit requirement Repealed
- 5Special provisions about recreational charities, sports clubs etc. Repealed
- Part 2: Regulation of charities
- Chapter 1: The Charity Commission
- Establishment of Charity Commission
- 6The Charity Commission Repealed
- ...
- 7The Commission's objectives, general functions and duties Repealed
- Chapter ...: ...
- 8The Charity Tribunal Repealed
- Chapter 3: Registration of charities
- General
- 9Registration of charities Repealed
- 10Interim changes in threshold for registration of small charities
- Exempt charities: registration and regulation
- 11Changes in exempt charities Repealed
- 12Increased regulation of exempt charities under 1993 Act Repealed
- 13General duty of principal regulator in relation to exempt charity Repealed
- 14Commission to consult principal regulator before exercising powers in relation to exempt charity Repealed
- Chapter 4: Application of property cy-près
- Cy-près occasions
- 15... Repealed
- 16... Repealed
- 17... Repealed
- Schemes
- 18... Repealed
- Chapter 5: Assistance and supervision of charities by court and Commission
- Suspension or removal of trustees etc. from membership
- 19... Repealed
- Directions by Commission
- 20... Repealed
- 21... Repealed
- Publicity relating to schemes
- 22... Repealed
- Common investment schemes
- 23... Repealed
- Advice or other assistance
- 24... Repealed
- 25... Repealed
- Powers of entry etc.
- 26... Repealed
- Mortgages of charity land
- 27... Repealed
- Chapter 6: Audit or examination of accounts where charity is not a company
- 28... Repealed
- 29... Repealed
- 30... Repealed
- Chapter 7: Charitable companies
- 31... Repealed
- 32... Repealed
- 33... Repealed
- Chapter 8: Charitable incorporated organisations
- 34... Repealed
- Chapter 9: Charity trustees etc.
- Waiver of disqualification
- 35... Repealed
- Remuneration of trustees etc.
- 36... Repealed
- 37... Repealed
- Liability of trustees etc.
- 38... Repealed
- 39... Repealed
- Chapter 10: Powers of unincorporated charities
- 40... Repealed
- 41... Repealed
- 42... Repealed
- Chapter ...: ...
- Spending of capital
- 43... Repealed
- Mergers
- 44Merger of charities Repealed
- Part 3: Funding for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institutions
- Chapter 1: Public charitable collections
- Preliminary
- 45Regulation of public charitable collections
- 46Charitable appeals that are not public charitable collections
- 47Other definitions for purposes of this Chapter
- Restrictions on conducting collections Not yet in force
- 48Restrictions on conducting collections in a public place Not yet in force
- 49Restrictions on conducting door to door collections Not yet in force
- 50Exemption for local, short-term collections Not yet in force
- Public collections certificates Not yet in force
- 51Applications for certificates Not yet in force
- 52Determination of applications and issue of certificates Not yet in force
- 53Grounds for refusing to issue a certificate Not yet in force
- 54Power to call for information and documents Not yet in force
- 55Transfer of certificate between trustees of unincorporated charity Not yet in force
- 56Withdrawal or variation etc. of certificates Not yet in force
- 57Appeals against decisions of the Commission Not yet in force
- Permits Not yet in force
- 58Applications for permits to conduct collections in public places Not yet in force
- 59Determination of applications and issue of permits Not yet in force
- 60Refusal of permits Not yet in force
- 61Withdrawal or variation etc. of permits Not yet in force
- 62Appeals against decisions of local authority Not yet in force
- Supplementary Not yet in force
- 63Regulations Not yet in force
- 64Offences Not yet in force
- 65Offences by bodies corporate Not yet in force
- 66Service of documents Not yet in force
- Chapter 2: Fund-raising
- 67Statements indicating benefits for charitable institutions and fund-raisers
- 68Statements indicating benefits for charitable institutions and collectors
- 69Reserve power to control fund-raising by charitable institutions
- Chapter 3: Financial assistance
- 70Power of relevant Minister to give financial assistance to charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institutions
- 71Power of National Assembly for Wales to give financial assistance to charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institutions
- Part 4: Miscellaneous and general
- Miscellaneous
- 72Disclosure of information to and by Northern Ireland regulator
- 73Report on operation of this Act
- General
- 74Orders and regulations
- 75Amendments, repeals, revocations and transitional provisions
- 76Pre-consolidation amendments Repealed
- 77Amendments reflecting changes in company law audit provisions
- 78Interpretation
- 79Commencement
- 80Short title and extent
- Schedule 1: The Charity Commission
- 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
- House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24) Repealed
- 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
- Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25) Repealed
- 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
- Schedule 2: Establishment of the Charity Commission: supplementary
- 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
- Appointments to Commission Repealed
- 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
- Effect of transfers under section 6 Repealed
- 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
- First annual report of Commission Repealed
- 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
- Resource accounts of Commission Repealed
- 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
- Schedule 3: The Charity Tribunal
- 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
- House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24) Repealed
- 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
- Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25) Repealed
- 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
- Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) Repealed
- 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
- Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53) Repealed
- 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
- Schedule 4: Appeals and applications to Charity Tribunal
- Paragraph Repealed
- Schedule 5: Exempt charities: increased regulation under 1993 Act
- ...
- Paragraph Repealed
- Schedule 6: Group accounts
- Paragraph Repealed
- Schedule 7: Charitable incorporated organisations Repealed
- Part 1: New Part 8A of and Schedule 5B to 1993 Act Repealed
- 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
- 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
- Part 2: Other amendments of 1993 Act Repealed
- 3Paragraph 3 Not yet in force
- 4Paragraph 4 Not yet in force
- 5Paragraph 5 Not yet in force
- 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
- 7Paragraph 7 Not yet in force
- Schedule 8: Minor and consequential amendments
- Literary and Scientific Institutions Act 1854 (c. 112)
- 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
- Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (c. 81)
- 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
- Bishops Trusts Substitution Act 1858 (c. 71)
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- Places of Worship Sites Amendment Act 1882 (c. 21)
- 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
- Municipal Corporations Act 1882 (c. 50)
- 7Paragraph 7
- Technical and Industrial Institutions Act 1892 (c. 29)
- 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
- Local Government Act 1894 (c. 73)
- 9Paragraph 9
- Commons Act 1899 (c. 30)
- 10Paragraph 10
- Open Spaces Act 1906 (c. 25)
- 11Paragraph 11
- 12Paragraph 12
- 13Paragraph 13
- 14Paragraph 14
- Police, Factories, &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1916 (c. 31) Not yet in force
- 15Paragraph 15 Not yet in force
- National Trust Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1919 (c. lxxxiv)
- 16Paragraph 16
- 17Paragraph 17
- 18Paragraph 18
- Settled Land Act 1925 (c. 18)
- 19Paragraph 19
- Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 (c. 36)
- 20Paragraph 20
- Voluntary Hospitals (Paying Patients) Act 1936 (c. 17)
- 21Paragraph 21
- 22Paragraph 22
- 23Paragraph 23
- 24Paragraph 24
- 25Paragraph 25
- 26Paragraph 26
- 27Paragraph 27
- Green Belt (London and Home Counties) Act 1938 (c. xciii)
- 28Paragraph 28
- ...
- 29Paragraph 29 Repealed
- 30Paragraph 30 Repealed
- 31Paragraph 31 Repealed
- Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (c. 44)
- 32Paragraph 32
- London County Council (General Powers) Act 1947 (c. xlvi)
- 33Paragraph 33
- London County Council (General Powers) Act 1951 (c. xli)
- 34Paragraph 34
- City of London (Various Powers) Act 1952 (c. vi)
- 35Paragraph 35
- City of London (Guild Churches) Act 1952 (c. xxxviii)
- 36Paragraph 36
- London County Council (General Powers) Act 1955 (c. xxix)
- 37Paragraph 37
- Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956 (No. 3)
- 38Paragraph 38
- Recreational Charities Act 1958 (c. 17)
- 39Paragraph 39 Repealed
- Church Funds Investment Measure 1958 (No. 1) Not yet in force
- 40Paragraph 40 Not yet in force
- Incumbents and Churchwardens (Trusts) Measure 1964 (No. 2)
- 41Paragraph 41
- 42Paragraph 42
- 43Paragraph 43
- 44Paragraph 44
- 45Paragraph 45
- ...
- 46Paragraph 46 Repealed
- ...
- 47Paragraph 47 Repealed
- Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1967 (No. 1)
- 48Paragraph 48 Repealed
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation (Greater London Parks and Open Spaces) Act 1967 (c. xxix)
- 49Paragraph 49
- Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969 (c. 22)
- 50Paragraph 50 Repealed
- 51Paragraph 51 Repealed
- 52Paragraph 52 Repealed
- Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54)
- 53Paragraph 53
- Synodical Government Measure 1969 (No. 2)
- 54Paragraph 54 Repealed
- Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)
- 55Paragraph 55 Repealed
- Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39)
- 56Paragraph 56
- Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65)
- 57Paragraph 57 Repealed
- ...
- 58Paragraph 58 Repealed
- 59Paragraph 59 Repealed
- 60Paragraph 60 Repealed
- Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)
- 61Paragraph 61 Repealed
- Dioceses Measure 1978 (No. 1)
- 62Paragraph 62
- 63Paragraph 63
- 64Paragraph 64
- Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) Act 1981 (c. 18)
- 65Paragraph 65 Repealed
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30) Not yet in force
- 66Paragraph 66 Not yet in force
- Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53)
- 67Paragraph 67
- Pastoral Measure 1983 (No. 1)
- 68Paragraph 68
- 69Paragraph 69 Repealed
- 70Paragraph 70
- 71Paragraph 71
- 72Paragraph 72
- Rates Act 1984 (c. 33) Not yet in force
- 73Paragraph 73 Not yet in force
- Companies Act 1985 (c. 6)
- 74Paragraph 74
- 75Paragraph 75 Not yet in force
- 76Paragraph 76
- Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)
- 77Paragraph 77
- Housing Associations Act 1985 (c. 69)
- 78Paragraph 78
- Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c. 5)
- 79Paragraph 79
- Coal Industry Act 1987 (c. 3)
- 80Paragraph 80
- Reverter of Sites Act 1987 (c. 15)
- 81Paragraph 81
- 82Paragraph 82
- 83Paragraph 83
- 84Paragraph 84
- Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40)
- 85Paragraph 85 Repealed
- Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)
- 86Paragraph 86 Repealed
- London Local Authorities Act 1991 (c. xiii)
- 87Paragraph 87 Repealed
- Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13)
- 88Paragraph 88 Repealed
- Charities Act 1992 (c. 41)
- 89Paragraph 89
- 90Paragraph 90
- 91Paragraph 91
- 92Paragraph 92
- 93Paragraph 93
- 94Paragraph 94 Not yet in force
- 95Paragraph 95 Not yet in force
- Charities Act 1993 (c. 10)
- 96Paragraph 96 Repealed
- 97Paragraph 97 Repealed
- 98Paragraph 98 Repealed
- 99Paragraph 99 Repealed
- 100Paragraph 100 Repealed
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- 135Paragraph 135 Repealed
- 136Paragraph 136 Repealed
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- 139Paragraph 139 Repealed
- 140Paragraph 140 Repealed
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- 142Paragraph 142 Repealed
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- 145Paragraph 145 Repealed
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- 154Paragraph 154 Repealed
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- 156Paragraph 156 Repealed
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- 159Paragraph 159 Repealed
- 160Paragraph 160 Repealed
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- 162Paragraph 162 Repealed
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- 164Paragraph 164 Repealed
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- 166Paragraph 166 Repealed
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- 171Paragraph 171 Repealed
- 172Paragraph 172 Repealed
- 173Paragraph 173 Repealed
- 174Paragraph 174 Repealed
- 175Paragraph 175 Repealed
- 176Paragraph 176 Repealed
- 177Paragraph 177 Repealed
- 178Paragraph 178 Repealed
- Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40)
- 179Paragraph 179
- Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26)
- 180Paragraph 180 Repealed
- Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14)
- 181Paragraph 181
- Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (c. 47)
- 182Paragraph 182
- Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)
- 183Paragraph 183
- 184Paragraph 184
- 185Paragraph 185
- 186Paragraph 186
- 187Paragraph 187
- 188Paragraph 188
- 189Paragraph 189
- 190Paragraph 190 Repealed
- 191Paragraph 191 Repealed
- 192Paragraph 192
- School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31)
- 193Paragraph 193 Repealed
- 194Paragraph 194 Repealed
- 195Paragraph 195 Repealed
- ...
- 196Paragraph 196 Repealed
- Trustee Act 2000 (c. 29)
- 197Paragraph 197
- Churchwardens Measure 2001 (No. 1)
- 198Paragraph 198 Repealed
- Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17)
- 199Paragraph 199 Repealed
- Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (c. 27)
- 200Paragraph 200
- 201Paragraph 201
- 202Paragraph 202
- 203Paragraph 203
- 204Paragraph 204 Repealed
- Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35)
- 205Paragraph 205 Repealed
- 206Paragraph 206 Repealed
- 207Paragraph 207 Repealed
- Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)
- 208Paragraph 208 Repealed
- Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 10)
- 209Paragraph 209
- 210Paragraph 210
- 211Paragraph 211
- Equality Act 2006 (c. 3)
- 212Paragraph 212 Repealed
- Schedule 9: Repeals and revocations
- Schedule 10: Transitional provisions and savings
- Section 4: guidance as to operation of public benefit requirement
- 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
- Section 5: recreational charities etc.
- 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
- Section 18: cy-près schemes
- 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
- Section 19: suspension or removal of trustee etc. from membership of charity
- 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
- Section 20: specific directions for protection of charity
- 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
- Section 26: offence of obstructing power of entry
- 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
- Section 28: audit or examination of accounts of charity which is not a company
- 7Paragraph 7 Repealed
- Section 29: auditor etc. of charity which is not a company to report matters to Commission
- 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
- Section 32: audit or examination of accounts of charitable companies
- 9Paragraph 9 Repealed
- Section 33: auditor etc. of charitable company to report matters to Commission
- 10Paragraph 10 Repealed
- Section 35: waiver of trustee's disqualification
- 11Paragraph 11 Repealed
- Section 36: remuneration of trustees etc. providing services to charity
- 12Paragraph 12 Repealed
- Section 38: relief from liability for breach of trust or duty
- 13Paragraph 13 Repealed
- Section 44: registration of charity mergers
- 14Paragraph 14 Repealed
- Section 67: statements relating to fund-raising
- 15Paragraph 15
- Section 72: Disclosure of information to and by Northern Ireland regulator
- 16Paragraph 16
- Schedule 6: group accounts
- 17Paragraph 17 Repealed
- Schedule 8: minor and consequential amendments
- 18Paragraph 18 Repealed
- 19Paragraph 19 Repealed
- 20Paragraph 20 Repealed
- Schedule 9: savings on repeal of provisions of Charities Act 1960
- 21Paragraph 21
- 22Paragraph 22
- 23Paragraph 23
- 24Paragraph 24 Repealed
- 25Paragraph 25
- 26Paragraph 26 Repealed
- 27Paragraph 27
- Schedule 9: savings on repeal of provisions of Charities Act 1992
- 28Paragraph 28
- Schedule 9: repeal of certain repeals made by Charities Acts 1960 and 1992
- 29Paragraph 29