Chair
Sue Barker, Director, Sue Barker Charities Law and Charities Law Association of Australia and New Zealand
Charities Act Changes: What Do They Mean?
The Charities Act has been updated recently and there are some key changes which affect all charities. Join this practical discussion to gain all the latest information that advisors and Boards need to know.
- New definition of officers
- Requirement for reviews of rules
- Explanation needed if you have accumulated funds
- Plus, more
Presented by Steven Moe, Partner, Parry Field
Learning Objective:
- Understand the latest Charities Act changes
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Presenters
Steven Moe, Partner, Parry Field Lawyers
Steven Moe is a Partner at Parry Field Lawyers with a focus on 'for purpose' organisations ranging from social enterprises to charities, NFPs and religious groups. He has worked as a lawyer for 20 years including 11 years overseas based in Tokyo, London, and Sydney and since 2016 has been based in Christchurch. He is Director of a charitable company and is Chair of Community Finance (impact investing with a social housing focus). He writes on purpose and impact for Spinoff, hosts seeds podcast with 260+ interviews of inspiring people from across Aotearoa and wrote the book “Social Enterprises in New Zealand: A Legal Handbook”.
Sue Barker, Director, Sue Barker Charities Law
Sue Barker is the director of Sue Barker Charities Law, a boutique law firm based in Wellington, specialising in charities law and public tax law. Since its founding in 2012, the firm has won a number of awards, including Boutique Law Firm of the Year at the New Zealand Law Awards. Sue is recognised by the International Charity Law Network as a Charity Law Scholar. Sue is also a director of the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, and a co-author of the text The Law and Practice of Charities in New Zealand (LexisNexis, 2013). In 2019, Sue was awarded the New Zealand Law Foundation International Research Fellowship Te Karahipi Rangahau ā Taiao, to undertake research into the question “What does a world-leading framework of charities law look like?”. The final report from the Fellowship, entitled Focus on purpose, was released in April 2022 making 70 recommendations for charities law reform in Aotearoa New Zealand. More information about Sue and the research can be found at www.charitieslaw.co and www.charitieslawreform.nz.
