National Minimum Wage Act 1998: Key legislation to ensure clear distinction between volunteers and employees, preventing creation of unintended employment relationships that could trigger minimum wage obligations
Employment Rights Act 1996: Essential for establishing clear boundaries to avoid creating unintended employment relationships and associated statutory rights
Equality Act 2010: Fundamental legislation for preventing discrimination and ensuring accessibility in volunteer roles and organizational practices
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974: Establishes organization's duty of care obligations towards volunteers, even though they're not employees
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999: Detailed requirements for managing health and safety risks, including those affecting volunteers
UK GDPR: Data protection regulations governing how personal information of advisory board members must be collected, stored, and processed
Data Protection Act 2018: UK's implementation of data protection standards, working alongside UK GDPR for personal data protection
Charities Act 2011: Relevant if the organization is a charity, providing specific regulations about governance and volunteer management
Contract Law Principles: Common law principles governing formation and enforcement of agreements, including volunteer arrangements
Duty of Care: Common law principle establishing organization's responsibility to take reasonable care to prevent harm to volunteers
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988: Governs intellectual property rights and ownership of works created during advisory board service
