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Charities Bill has passed through the Committee Stage in the House of Lords
and is now set to enter the Report Stage. This has been provisionally scheduled
for 12 October, following the end of the Summer Recess.
One amendment to the Bill is that the Receiver and Manager process, which
the Charity Commission uses when investigating a charity, is to have its
name changed to Interim Manager. This follows complaints that the Receiver
and Manager title implies that a charity is going through receivership,
which is inappropriate for the sector.
David Hunter, policy
and development officer at acevo, said: “It’s great news for
the sector that the Bill has made it through the Lords. We hope that progress
continues to be made in the autumn, and that despite Home Office ministers’
attention being elsewhere following the recent events in London, it will
continue to remain a priority for the government.”
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