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Charity Law Handbook Scott Third edition

Publisher Marketing: This is an indispensable collection of statutory and non-statutory materials relating to charity law in England and Wales. This third edition is revised to coincide with the implementation of the UK's Charities Act 2011 - a major consolidation of the charity law. Charity Law Handbook is an essential reference source for charity and commercial lawyers, in-house lawyers, charities and voluntary organizations, and trustees. Statutes range from the Preamble to Charitable Uses Act 1601 to the Finance Act 2011. It also includes relevant provisions covering data protection, company law, gambling and lotteries, minimum wages, freedom of information, discrimination, tax, and VAT, along with a wide range of statutory instruments and the latest SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice) guidelines. The new UK legislation that came into force since the previous edition includes: Income Tax Act 2007 * Corporation Tax Act 2009 * Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009 * Academies Act 2010 * Bribery Act 2010 * Corporation Tax Act 2010 * Equality Act 2010 * Charities Act 2011 * Finance Act 2011. This third edition is also available on CD-ROM, making more than 2,000 pages of legislation and guidance portable and easy to search. Contributor Bio:  Scott John Scott is a reader in sociology at the University of Leicester, where he has taught since 1976. He is the author of Directors of Industry' (1984) and Corporations, Classes and Capitalism' (1979) Contributor Bio:  Scott, Michael Michael Scott is assistant professor of classics and ancient history at the University of Warwick. His books include "From Democrats to Kings: The Brutal Dawn of a New World from the Downfall of Athens to the Rise of Alexander the Great" (Overlook). He has also written and presented a number of ancient history documentaries for National Geographic, the History channel, Nova, and the BBC, including one on Delphi. His website is www.michaelscottweb.com.