The object of this Bill is to address the practical difficulties which have arisen in the interpretation and application of the Voluntary Organisations Act, the Second Schedule to the Civil Code and ancillary legislation in the light of practice since their coming into force in 2007. The Bill achieves many subsidiary goals of reflecting new developments in the area, including developments on the prevention of money laundering and the financing of terrorism, new proposals on religious and political organisations, a new focus on the classification of organisations and clarifications on terminology used. These amendments also reflect the principles adopted in more recent laws and judgments of the Courts.