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10 April 2008
Issue: 7316 / Categories: Legal News , Public , Legal services , Constitutional law
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Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No 4, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2008 (SI 2008/945) Brought into force, intralia, the fol lowing provisions of the Charities Act 2006 on 1 April 2008: s 1 (meaning of charity); s 2 (meaning of “charitable purpose”); s 3 (“public benefit” test); s 4(6) (guidance as to the operation of the public benefit requirement); s 5(1) (special provisions about recreational charities, sports clubs etc); s 5(2) (special provisions about recreational charities, sports clubs etc); s 29(1) (duty of auditor etc. of charity which is not a company to report matters to the Commission); s 30 (Group Accounts); s 33 (duty of auditor etc of charitable company to report matters to the Commission); and s 38 (power of Commission to relieve trustees, auditors etc from liability for breach of trust or duty.

 

Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (Commencement No 5) Order 2008 (SI 2008/956) Brought into force on 6 April 2008 the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, s 68, which repeals the Dogs Act 1906, s 3, with savings for the purposes of the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953, s 2(2), (3) and makes minor amendments to the Environmental Protection Act 1990, s 150. Also brings into force the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, Sch 5, Pt 6, which also repeals the Dogs Act 1906, s 4, the Dogs (Amendment) Act 1928, s 2 and the Local Government Act 1988, s 39.

Housing Act 2004 (Commencement No 11) (England and Wales) Order 2008 (SI 2008/898) Commenced 6 April 2008. Brings Pt 5 of (and Schedule 8 to) the Housing Act 2004, which relate to Home Information Packs (HIPs), fully in force in England and Wales on 6 April 2008. Earlier commencement orders introduced HIPs on a phased basis. Now they are introduced for all residential properties, unless excepted under Part 6 of the Home Information Pack (No 2) Regulations 2007.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Sackers—Zak Ullah

Sackers—Zak Ullah

Sackers welcomes new associate

Christy Davies—Birmingham Law Society

Christy Davies—Birmingham Law Society

Ward Hadaway lawyer joins Birmingham Law Society Council

Ellisons—Stephanie Westwood & Anisa Khan

Ellisons—Stephanie Westwood & Anisa Khan

Ellisons expands Chelmsford commercial litigation team with two appointments

NEWS
Businesses incorporating open-source software into commercial products could face obligations to disclose valuable source code, with AI-assisted development making licensing risks harder to track
Careless client checks do not automatically make a solicitor dishonest, but deliberately avoiding confirmation of suspected wrongdoing can cross the line
Construction workers injured in comparable accidents can face sharply different routes to compensation on opposite sides of the Atlantic
Victims of undue influence may have more options than simply unwinding a tainted transaction, with courts able to order profits accounts, compensation and, exceptionally, severance
Disabled people could lose vital safeguards following the Supreme Court’s reversal of the Cheshire West test for deprivation of liberty, two barristers warn
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