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Charities Act review

(November 2012) Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Jo Goodhew has announced that there will not be a review of the Charities Act 2005.   For more information, please read the:

• News release – 16 November 2012   (on the Beehive website)
• Future of the Charities Act Review (Cabinet paper) (on the Department of Internal Affairs website)