From: Ronald Raygun 
Subject: Re: Applications for Charity Status with Commission.
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 19:22:27 GMT

Stephen wrote:

> 
> Ronald Raygun  wrote
>> Come to Scotland.  We have no busybody Charity Commission.  You
>> register with the FICO bit of the IR, and that's it.
> 
> One thing I must say, is that I am just surprised to have learnt how
> different some of the laws are in Scotland!
> 
> What other kind of differences in laws do Scotland have?
> 
> Drinking all day..I know thats one of them...I mean no licenseing laws..as
> such...

In your dreams.

Also, if you're in an open-all-hours supermarket you can't buy booze
after 2200, or before ?1230 on a Sunday.

> You can get married in a day! Gretna Green....

No way.  Gretna is booked solid with huge waiting lists.
But clergymen can marry you anywhere, whereas registrars can only
do it in their offices.

> Does Scotland have different laws for everything Ronald?

Not for everything, just for the things that count.