Charities Act 2006

Charities Act 2006[1]
Long titleAn Act to provide for the establishment and functions of the Charity Commission for England and Wales and the Charity Tribunal; to make other amendments of the law about charities, including provision about charitable incorporated organisations; to make further provision about public charitable collections and other fund-raising carried on in connection with charities and other institutions; to make other provision about the funding of such institutions; and for connected purposes.
Citation2006 c. 50
Dates
Royal assent8 November 2006
Other legislation
Relates toCharities Act 2011
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Charities Act 2006 (c 50) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom intended to alter the regulatory framework in which charities operate, partly by amending the Charities Act 1993. The Act was mostly superseded by the Charities Act 2011, which consolidates charity law in the UK.

  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 80(1) of this Act.