One of the changes made by the Charities Amendment Act 2023 is that all charities now have a statutory duty to review their governance procedures at least every 3 years. The requirement came into effect on 5 October 2023.
These governance procedures, and your review of them, includes two main aspects:
- your charity’s rules documents, which could be a trust deed or constitution
- any policies or guidelines relevant to your charity’s governance obligations, such as policies on financial management, conflicts of interest and staff and volunteers.