Joint Committee on the Draft Charities Bill - First Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 15 September 2004.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
1 Overview
Clarity of purpose
Effect on charitable giving
Costs and benefits
Impact on small charities
Compatibility of UK charity legislation
Scotland
Wales
2 Charitable Purposes
3 Public benefit
The Government's proposals for reform
Difference made by the removal of the presumption
How the Charity Commission would operate
public benefit checks on existing charities
Fee-charging schools and hospitals
A clearer public benefit test?
Loss of charitable status
4 Regulation by
the Charity Commission
Regulation of smaller charities: could it
be lighter?
Grant-making charities
In favour of the Bill providing for lighter
regulation of grant-making charities
Against the Bill providing for lighter regulation
of grant-making charities
The Charity Commission's objectives
The social and economic impact objective
New powers given to the Charity Commission
Objective for the Charity Commission to act
proportionately
Membership Charities
Accountability of the Charity Commission
Independence from Government
Accountability to Parliament
Accountability to the sector
Advice and regulation
Adequacy of Commission's resources
5 The Charity
Appeal Tribunal
Widening the Remit of the Tribunal
Compensation
Cost of appeals to the tribunal
6 Charitable Incorporated
Organisations
7 Trustees
Personal liability
8 Fund-raising
and public collections
Self regulation of fund-raising
Public collections
Notification arrangements
Lead authority
Statements by professional fund-raisers and
commercial participators
Professional fund-raisers
Commercial participators
9 Trading
In favour of allowing charities to trade
within the charity
Against allowing charities to trade within
charity
10 Exempt and
Excepted Charities
Excepted charities
11 Beyond the
draft Bill
Success factors
12 Lessons from
the inquiry
Supporting Documents
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex 1: List of abbreviations
Annex 2: Schedule of points made about the
draft Bill
Formal minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
List of unprinted written evidence
Written Evidence
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HL 167-II / HC 660-II)
WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME III (HL 167-III / HC 660-III)
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