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Charities Act 2006 implementation

An implementation plan for the Charities Act 2006 was first published in December 2006, setting out when the various provisions of the Act will be commenced. The implementation plan was updated in April 2009 to reflect the latest position.

• Updated implementation plan - September 2009 [PDF 230KB, 8 pages]

Latest position (September 2009): A summary of responses and next steps following the public consultation on the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) was published on 17 September 2009. Some changes are being made to the Secondary Legislation and model constitutions to complete the legal framework for the CIO. A 12-week consultation on the draft Charities Consolidation Bill was launched on 11 September 2009. It will run until 4 December 2009. Provisions relating to the first tranche of exempt charities are expected to commence in late 2009.    

Also in this section:

• Commencement Orders
  Further information on the commencing provisions of the Charities Act 2006
• Audit, accounting and reporting changes
  Further infomation on the important changes to the audit, accounting and reporting framework for charities following the Charities Act 2006, and the Companies Act 2006.
• Fundraising and charitable collections
  Information and guidance to explain to charities, professional fund-raisers and commercial participators involved in fund-raising ventures, what changes have been made to the requirements of Part 2 of the 1992 Act