Legal Advice for Voluntary Organisations and Individuals
Where to get legal advice and who is best placed to help.
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Legal Advice for Voluntary Organisations and Individuals
A note on the availability of legal advice for voluntary organisations and for people working or volunteering within the voluntary sector.
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Charity Law
Provides links to the 'Charitable Status' pages of this site, which deal with current charity law.
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Companies Act 2006 - Charitable Issues
Information provided by MacRoberts on the Companies Act 2006, specifically the sections which may affect charities in Scotland.
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Employment Law
Provides information about the SCVO Guide 'Working With Us - Good Employment Practice for Voluntary Organisations in Scotland'.
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Health and Safety Law
Introduction to the requirements of Health and Safety legislation (mainly the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act) including risk assessment, H&S policy, H&S committee, H&S representatives, hygiene, food hygiene, accident register, First Aid, fire, display screens, training plus a note of further resources.
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Freedom Of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
A quick overview of the Act and how it might be used by the voluntary sector to get information plus, in particular, the possible designation of voluntary organisations as bodies liable to provide information under the Act and what this might mean in practice.
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The Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003
A link to guidance on the key provisions of 'POCSA' which introduced a number of changes to the child protection framework in Scotland.
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Equal Opportunities Law
Covers the main areas of equal opportunities law, types of discrimination and some exemptions.
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Food Safety and Hygiene
The purpose of this guidance is to provide you with an overview of the main food safety requirements as they apply to community facilities, church and village halls.
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Licensing Law for Village Halls
A number of licences affect activities that are carried out in halls. This page summarises the main types of activity and the licenses that apply.
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Testing of portable electrical equipment
The Health and Safety Executive explodes the myth that office equipment must be tested by a qualified electrician every year (PAT tested).
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Health and Safety Legislation and Village Halls
These page signpost the best information on health and safety for village halls.
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Company law: basic compliance requirements
An overview of basic compliance requirements for voluntary organisations with company status.
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Fire safety legislation
New fire safety legislation came into effect on 1st October 2006 affecting the majority of non-domestic premises in Scotland. The new fire safety regime is based on the principles of risk assessment and places responsibility for assessing risk from fire and providing appropriate fire safety measures, with those with control to any extent of premises (duty holders).
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