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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.