Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Conversion) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st January 2018.

In these Regulations—

• “the 2004 Act” means the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004^f1;

• “the 2006 Act” means the Companies Act 2006^f2;

• “the 2011 Act” means the Charities Act 2011;

• “application for CIC conversion” means an application by a CIC to be converted into a CIO under regulation 4;

• “CIC” means a community interest company;

• “conversion CIO” means a CIO^f3 which is registered on the conversion of a company (including a CIC) into a CIO;

• “provision for entrenchment” has the meaning given by regulation 15 of the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations 2012^f4;

• “registrar” means the registrar of companies within the meaning of section 1060(3) of the 2006 Act;

• “the Regulator” means the Regulator of Community Interest Companies appointed under section 27 of the 2004 Act.