Charity law.
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Property Two Coursework 2003 The Register of Charities is a list of all the charities that have been set up in England and Wales; the Charity Commission (The Commission) supervises these charities. The register was created over forty years ago and since then the legal understanding of what is, charitable has been continually changing. Under section 3 (1) of the Charities Act 1993 the Charity Commission must keep a register of organisations that are deemed to be charities. The Commission launched its review of the register and used its powers to try and interpret and apply the law in a way, which recognised what is charitable in a changing social and economic society. The Commission has the same decision making powers as the court. The Commission has no power to make law, however it is arguable that in recognising new charitable purposes the Commission is making law and performing a judicial...

