These pages are a guide to the organisation of LETSystems in general.

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Specific aspects of LETSystems are addressed in the sections below:

• The origins and growth of LETSystems
  The story of how LETSystems began and their historical precedents.
  
• The advantages of LETSystems
  LETSystems can provide advantages to all sectors of a community - individuals, organisations, charities, community projects, businesses, local authorities and government.
  
• The fundamentals of LETSystems
  LETSystems are based on a number of fundamental principles which give rise to their essential characteristics.
  
• LETSystems and 'local money'
  A brief description of the use of local money by LETSystems.
  
• LETSystem administration
  How LETSystems are run and administered.
  
• How a trading transaction works
  The mechanics of a trading transaction.
  
• LETSystem charges
  How much does it cost to use a LETSystem?
  
• Legal issues
  A summary of the LETSystem legal issues.
  
  Taxation issues
  LETSystem Administration and Tax
  Data Protection
  Unemployment benefit issues
  Disability issues
  Relationship to Government
  
• Confidentiality of information
  What LETSystem users can expect in confidentiality.
  
  Data Protection Act
  Registry confidentiality
  Directory confidentiality
  
• Complaints procedures
  How to make your complaint about your LETSystem.
  
• Multi-LETSsystems
  Multi-LETSystems - the picture for the development of large and small LETSystems.
  
• Account-Holders' Agreements
  The relationship between users and to the LETSystem administrators.
  
• LETS contacts
  A listing of UK LETSystem development contacts.

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