Project No. 34(VI)

Commenced: 1972
Withdrawn: 1995

The Commission determined that this part of the reference should not extend to a complete review of the law of charitable trusts but should be limited to an investigation of the relationship between the equitable doctrine of cy-près and the provision in s 7 of the Charitable Trusts Act 1946 (WA), under which the purposes of a charitable trust may be varied.

From the outset, this part of the broader reference was given a lower priority than other parts of the reference where urgent reform was required. However, when it came to be considered in more detail, an issue arose as to whether the subject matter of this part of the reference required a full report.