Charities Act 2011 Comes Into Effect On 14 March 2012

This new Act, which comes into effect on 14 March, replaces most of the Charities Acts of 1992, 1993 and 2006 and all of the Recreational Charities Act 1958. The new Act doesn't make any changes to the law: it simply consolidates existing charities legislation so that it can now be found in one place. It does not replace those sections in the Charities Acts which are not yet in force (ie those which relate to public charitable collections) and it does not contain any provisions relating to fundraising that are already in force, which means that the regulation of professional fundraisers and commercial participators remains in Part 2 of the Charities Act 1992 (as amended by the Charities Act 2006).