Charities Amendment Bill

Charities Amendment Act 2023

Updated 14 November 2023

In June 2022, the Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector announced a suite of changes to improve the operation of the Charities Act 2005 following a comprehensive review of the Act. These changes included enhancing regulatory decision-making to further promote transparency and fairness and improving access to justice for charities in the appeals process.

For information on the background that led to these changes, please see:

On 5 July 2023, the Charities Amendment Act 2023 received Royal assent. To view the Amendment Act, please see: Charities Amendment Act 2023 No 34, Public Act Contents – New Zealand Legislation

Most of the changes in the Amendment Act are already in force. Please see the Charities Act change hub for details: Charities Services | Charities Act change hub

Changes to the appeals process will come into effect in July 2024. The Department is developing regulations to ensure charities first appeals can be heard by the Taxation Review Authority. For information about developing regulations, please see:

 

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If you can’t find the information you need on this page or if you have any further questions, please email charitiesact@dia.govt.nz