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Introduction
In relation to misleading/bogus house-to-house charitable clothing collections, we've found a worrying lack of knowledge about what laws can be used to stop them, and how it's done. Therefore, much of the website is devoted to explaining these laws (and describing the government regulators who enforce them).
The laws we're talking about are reasonably straightforward. They're not rocket science and you don't need to be a lawyer to understand them.
Law :
Related pages and Useful links
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1. Law - general
Related pages on CharityBags website :
Law
Law: Acts and Regulations
The law on house-to-house collections
The House to House Collections Act 1939 - our introduction
The law on street collections
Comparison
of law on house-to-house and street collections
Licensing regimes
Government - central and local
Variations across the UK - law,
government etc
The regulators
Definitions
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) [legal
service, acts for the police]
www.cps.gov.uk
Her Majesty's Courts Service (HMCS) (An executive agency of the Ministry of Justice)
www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Home Office [remit includes the police]
www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Ministry of Justice (MoJ) (formerly the Lord Chancellor's Department (LCD))
www.justice.gov.uk
Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) / Her Majesty's Stationery Office
(HMSO)
www.opsi.gov.uk
"...responsible for the publication of legislation and the management of Crown copyright. It also provides access to a wide range legislation including "as enacted" legislation and SLD revised legislation."
Eg Acts (1988+) and statutory instruments eg Regulations (1987+) - online
Police
The Stationery Office (TSO) (formerly
part of HMSO) - a privatised company
www.tso.co.uk
Eg sells printed Acts and Regulations
The UK Statute Law Database (SLD)
(Ministry of Justice)
www.statutelaw.gov.uk
- Acts including revisions (eg House to House Collections Act 1939)
- Secondary legislation (eg Regulations) - 1991+, not revised.
"...the official revised version of the primary legislation of the UK made
available online."
Government A-Z above
Non-Government A-Z below
British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII)
www.bailii.org
"Access to Freely Available British and Irish Public Legal Information"
eg case law
Charity Law Association
Institute of Licensing (IoL) [professional body]
www.instituteoflicensing.org
LACORS - Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services
www.lacors.gov.uk
Law Society for England and Wales [professional body for solicitors]
www.lawsociety.org.uk
2. Law - books
Books produced by Which? (formerly called the Consumers' Association)
Know your rights: a comprehensive guide to the law and your entitlements Reader's Digest, c750 pages, hardback. Arranged A-Z by topic.
The Daily Telegraph everyday law: the practical guide to how the law affects you By Aviva Golden. HarperCollins, c450 pages.
The new Penguin guide to the law: your rights and the law explained c1,000 pages.
Smith and Keenan's English law By Denis Keenan. FT/Pitman, c850 pages. Widely used academic text for students.
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