{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-charitable-donations-act-2012/schedule/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-charitable-donations-act-2012/schedule/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/23",
  "legislation_title": "Small Charitable Donations Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-charitable-donations-act-2012",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The gift must be £30 or less ....\n(1A) The gift must be made—\n(a) in cash, or\n(b) by a contactless payment.\n(2) Where a gift of cash is made to the charity and its managers do not know whether the gift is £30 or less, the condition in sub-paragraph (1) is to be treated as met if the managers have taken reasonable steps to find out.\n(3) In this paragraph—\n“cash” means coins and notes in any currency;\n“contactless payment” means a payment made at a contactless payment terminal using the contactless payment facility of a card, mobile telephone or other device;\n“managers”, in relation to a charity, means the persons having the general control and management of the administration of the charity.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. para. 1(1) substituted (6.4.2019) by The Small Charitable Donations Act (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/337), arts. 1, 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 1(1) omitted (16.1.2017) (with effect in accordance with s. 7(1) of the amending Act) by virtue of Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Act 2017 (c. 1), ss. 2(2)(b), 7(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(1A) inserted (16.1.2017) (with effect in accordance with s. 7(1) of the amending Act) by Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Act 2017 (c. 1), ss. 2(2)(c), 7(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. para. 1(2) substituted (6.4.2019) by The Small Charitable Donations Act (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/337), arts. 1, 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 1(3) inserted (16.1.2017) (with effect in accordance with s. 7(1) of the amending Act) by Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Act 2017 (c. 1), ss. 2(2)(d), 7(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/23/schedule/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:34.151911+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}