# Small Charitable Donations Act 2012, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The gift must be £30 or less ....
(1A) The gift must be made—
(a) in cash, or
(b) by a contactless payment.
(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.
(3) In this paragraph—
“cash” means coins and notes in any currency;
“contactless payment” means a payment made at a contactless payment terminal using the contactless payment facility of a card, mobile telephone or other device;
“managers”, in relation to a charity, means the persons having the general control and management of the administration of the charity.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/23/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/small-charitable-donations-act-2012/schedule/paragraph-1
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