<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2006-11-08</dc:identifier>
<dc:title>Charities Act 2006</dc:title>
<dc:description>An 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.</dc:description>
<dc:type>text</dc:type>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher>
<dc:modified>2024-05-18</dc:modified>
<dct:valid>2006-11-08</dct:valid>
<atom:link rel="self" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2006-11-08/data.xml" type="application/xml"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/resources" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/resources" title="More Resources"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/notes" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/50/notes" title="Explanatory Notes"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/notes/toc" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/notes/contents" title="Explanatory Notes Table of Contents"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/act" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/2006-11-08" title="whole act"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/introduction" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/introduction/2006-11-08" title="introduction"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/body" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2006-11-08" title="body"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/schedules" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/schedules/2006-11-08" title="schedules"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/rdf+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2006-11-08/data.rdf" title="RDF/XML"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2006-11-08/data.akn" title="AKN"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2006-11-08/data.xht" title="HTML snippet"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2006-11-08/data.htm" title="Website (XHTML) Default View"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/csv" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2006-11-08/data.csv" title="CSV"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2006-11-08/data.pdf" title="PDF"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xhtml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2006-11-08/data.html" title="HTML5 snippet"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/tableOfContents" hreflang="en" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/contents/2006-11-08" title="Table of Contents"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/replaces" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2008-03-18" title="2008-03-18"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/isReplacedBy" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2007-02-27" title="2007-02-27"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/enacted" title="enacted"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2007-02-27" title="2007-02-27"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2007-04-01" title="2007-04-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2007-10-12" title="2007-10-12"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2007-11-28" title="2007-11-28"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2008-03-18" title="2008-03-18"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2008-04-01" title="2008-04-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2009-01-31" title="2009-01-31"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2009-04-01" title="2009-04-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2009-09-01" title="2009-09-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2009-09-30" title="2009-09-30"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2010-04-01" title="2010-04-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2010-06-01" title="2010-06-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2010-08-18" title="2010-08-18"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2011-08-01" title="2011-08-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body/2012-03-14" title="2012-03-14"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/body" title="current"/>
<atom:link rel="up" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/2006-11-08" title="Entire legislation"/>
<atom:link rel="prev" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/introduction/2006-11-08" title="Introduction; Introduction"/>
<atom:link rel="prevInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/introduction/2006-11-08" title="Introduction; Introduction"/>
<atom:link rel="next" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/schedule/1/2006-11-08" title="Schedule; Schedule 1"/>
<atom:link rel="nextInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/schedule/1/2006-11-08" title="Schedule; Schedule 1"/>
<ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
<ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:DocumentCategory Value="primary"/>
<ukm:DocumentMainType Value="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct"/>
<ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/>
...</ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:Year Value="2006"/>
<ukm:Number Value="50"/>
<ukm:EnactmentDate Date="2006-11-08"/>
<ukm:ISBN Value="0105450065"/>
<ukm:UnappliedEffects>
<ukm:UnappliedEffect Type="words substituted" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/50" AffectingProvisions="Sch. para. 35" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Row="5" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1396" EffectId="key-0de3f44d1b7b46a37c55f6cba1bbd652" AffectedNumber="50" Comments="This amendment may change the words in the present provision in order for a subsequent amendment by 2011 c. 25 to take place on the same date (hence it comes into force immediately before the 2011 Act). Please merge the commentaries for the two amendments otherwise there will be no annotation for this amendment" Modified="2022-07-21T15:15:15Z" AffectingNumber="1396" AffectedProvisions="s. 74(4)(a)" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-0de3f44d1b7b46a37c55f6cba1bbd652" AffectedExtent="E+W+S+N.I." AffectedYear="2006" RequiresApplied="false" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" AffectingYear="2011">
<ukm:AffectedTitle>Charities Act 2006</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="section-74-4-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/50/section/74/4/a">s. 74(4)(a)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:AffectingTitle>The Charities (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Order 2011</ukm:AffectingTitle>
<ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1396/schedule">Sch. </ukm:Section>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-paragraph-35" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1396/schedule/paragraph/35">para. 35</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:Section Ref="article-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1396/article/1">art. 1</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:InForce Date="2012-03-14" Qualification="Other" OtherQualification="immediately before the Charities Act 2011 (c. 25) comes into force"/>
...</ukm:InForceDates>
...</ukm:UnappliedEffect>
<ukm:UnappliedEffect URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-7e43eb49c8f6fd209a4c0596cbacb2fb" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/50" AffectedProvisions="s. 74(6)" Row="6" AffectingYear="2011" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" AffectedNumber="50" Modified="2022-07-21T15:15:15Z" AffectingProvisions="Sch. para. 35" RequiresApplied="false" EffectId="key-7e43eb49c8f6fd209a4c0596cbacb2fb" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1396" AffectedYear="2006" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Type="words substituted" AffectedExtent="E+W+S+N.I." AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Comments="This amendment may change the words in the present provision in order for a subsequent amendment by 2011 c. 25 to take place on the same date (hence it comes into force immediately before the 2011 Act). Please merge the commentaries for the two amendments otherwise there will be no annotation for this amendment" AffectingNumber="1396">
<ukm:AffectedTitle>Charities Act 2006</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="section-74-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/50/section/74/6">s. 74(6)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:AffectingTitle>The Charities (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Order 2011</ukm:AffectingTitle>
<ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1396/schedule">Sch. </ukm:Section>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-paragraph-35" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1396/schedule/paragraph/35">para. 35</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:Section Ref="article-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1396/article/1">art. 1</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:InForce Date="2012-03-14" Qualification="Other" OtherQualification="immediately before the Charities Act 2011 (c. 25) comes into force"/>
...</ukm:InForceDates>
...</ukm:UnappliedEffect>
<ukm:UnappliedEffect Row="9" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" AffectingNumber="1942" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/50" Modified="2022-07-21T15:15:15Z" AffectingEffectsExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RequiresApplied="false" AffectedYear="2006" AffectingProvisions="art. 2" AffectedProvisions="specified provision(s)" Type="amendment to earlier commencing SI 2008/3267" Comments="Amendment already reflected in Appended Commentary in EXTOES for 2008 SI3267. No further action required." AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/1942" AffectingYear="2010" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectedNumber="50" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-e155c1b0bca67ebcc04b26328ca64a64" TypeNotes="amendment to earlier commencing SI 2008/3267" EffectId="key-e155c1b0bca67ebcc04b26328ca64a64">
<ukm:AffectedTitle>Charities Act 2006</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedProvisions>specified provision(s)</ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:AffectingTitle>The Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5, Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Savings) (Amendment) Order 2010</ukm:AffectingTitle>
<ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="article-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/1942/article/2">art. 2</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:InForce Date="2010-07-26" Qualification="wholly in force"/>
...</ukm:InForceDates>
...</ukm:UnappliedEffect>
<ukm:UnappliedEffect Type="amendment to earlier commencing SI 2008/3267" Modified="2022-07-21T15:15:15Z" AffectedYear="2006" Comments="Amendment already reflected in Appended Commentary in EXTOES for 2008 SI3267. No further action required." AffectingNumber="2648" TypeNotes="amendment to earlier commencing SI 2008/3267" AffectedProvisions="specified provision(s)" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-c0da8b96a1224b98caa7d79be1d9bf79" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingEffectsExtent="E+W+S+N.I." AffectingProvisions="art. 3" EffectId="key-c0da8b96a1224b98caa7d79be1d9bf79" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/50" Row="8" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2648" AffectingYear="2009" RequiresApplied="false" AffectedNumber="50" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument">
<ukm:AffectedTitle>Charities Act 2006</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedProvisions>specified provision(s)</ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:AffectingTitle>The Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No.6 and Commencement No.5, Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Savings (Amendment)) Order 2009</ukm:AffectingTitle>
<ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="article-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2648/article/3">art. 3</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:InForce Date="2009-09-29" Qualification="wholly in force"/>
...</ukm:InForceDates>
...</ukm:UnappliedEffect>
...</ukm:UnappliedEffects>
...</ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
<ukm:Notes>
<ukm:Note IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/50/notes" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/notes"/>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative Date="2008-03-03" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/pdfs/ukpgaen_20060050_en.pdf" Title="Explanatory Note"/>
...</ukm:Alternatives>
...</ukm:Notes>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative Date="2008-03-03" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/pdfs/ukpga_20060050_en.pdf" Title="Print Version"/>
...</ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Statistics>
<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="604"/>
<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="131"/>
<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="473"/>
<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
<ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/>
...</ukm:Statistics>