Draft Protection of Charities Bill: House of Lords Paper 108 Session 2014-15

The report Draft Protection Of Charities Bill (HL 108, HC 813) supports the proposal of the Draft Charities Bill to introduce a power for the Charity Commission to issue a statutory warning to a charity as a useful tool that falls in between issuing guidance and the opening of an inquiry. The statutory warning process should include safeguards on the face of the Bill including limiting the circumstances in which a warning could be issued, a requirement on the Commission to issue written notice of a warning to a charity and a reasonable time period for a charity to respond before the warning is formally issued and published.