It sets out a number of important measures including:creating a Scottishdefinition of a charity, with a public benefit requirement;providing for thenewly-established Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator to become anindependent statutory body with an enhanced range of powers, including grantingcharitable status and maintaining a statutory register of all charitiesoperating in Scotland, andprovisions to betterregulate fundraising activity by and for charities.The draft bill also takesforward a number of measures which have been called for by charities for sometime, including the creation of the new Scottish Charitable IncorporatedOrganisation, making charity re-organisation easier and widening trustees’investment powers.Copies of the draft bill (Bib.number 32822) and associated consultation paper (Bib. number 32823) have beenplaced in the Parliament’s Reference Centre, and an electronic version will bemade available on the Executive’s website...