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The Commission's views on the need for a museum or art gallery to satisfy a criterion of merit in order to be recognised as charitable.
This document contains the following information: Civil Registration: Vital Change.
First published during the 2001 to 2005 Labour government
This document contains the following information: Tourism - the hidden giant - and foot and mouth : Government response.
The background to the Review of the Register of Charities and explains the characteristics determining charitable status.
Sets out the legal principles that govern charitable status and scope the Commission has for recognising new charitable purposes.
Reports that set out and explain Charity Commission policy in key areas of charity law.
This document contains the following information: Valuing People - A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century.
First published during the 1997 to 2001 Labour government
Summarises our views on organisations set up for the charitable purposes of preservation and/or conservation.
Provides guidance on the promotion of community capacity building as a charitable purpose.
Summarises the Charity Commission's views on the scope of s.1 of the Recreational Charities Act 1958.
Determines the charitable status of organisations working in the field of promotion of urban and rural regeneration.
Determines the charitable status of organisations working in the field of relief of unemployment.
This document contains the following information: Development of services for people with learning disabilities or mental illness in England.
This document contains the following information: Modernising Parliament - Reforming the House of Lords.
This document contains the following information: Rights Brought Home: The Human Rights Bill.
This document contains the following information: Ending discrimination against disabled people.
First published during the 1992 to 1997 Conservative government
This document contains the following information: Police reform: a police service for the 21st century the Governments proposals for the police service in England and Wales.
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