... benefit. It will be seen that each of the four heads of Lord Macnaghten's classification involve two elements: that of benefit, and that of public benefit. Public benefit is the main justification for the legal and fiscal concessions granted to the charities. There are three fundamental principles to the public benefit criteria upon which the charitable trusts operates. 1. The organisation must be capable of causing a clear benefit to the public. 2. Those eligible to receive benefits must comprise a large enough group to be considered as the 'public' or a sufficient section of the community and no personal or private relationships must be used to limit those who may benefit. 3. Any private benefits to individuals must be incidental and must not outweigh the benefit to the public. The preamble does not give a definition of charity.However, the act, indicates (in s 3) that the purposes listed were regarded ...

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