Legal background
The Charities Act 2011 contains the current provisions relating to removal and disqualification of charity trustees, and powers of the Charity Commission to act for the protection of charity. The current provisions are:
sections 76 to 87 of the Charities Act 2011 ("Powers of Commission to act for the protection of charities etc"). Most of these powers can only be exercised after the Commission has opened an inquiry under section 46 of the Charities Act 2011.
sections 178 to 184 of the Charities Act 2011 ("Disqualification of charity trustees and trustees etc.")
	The Charities Act 2011 will continue to be the main Act of Parliament dealing with charity law, and this Act inserts new provisions into the 2011 Act and makes changes to it.
	The Charities Act 1992 contains the reserve power for Government to regulate fund-raising by charitable institutions for charitable, philanthropic or benevolent purposes (section 64A inserted by the Charities Act 2006).
	The social investment provisions of the Act also make consequential changes to the Trustee Act 2000.