Regulation 59 Interpretation of the CIO communications provisionsI1

In the CIO communications provisions—

• “address” includes a number or address used for the purpose of sending or receiving documents or information by electronic means;

• “charity law provision” means any provision of—

  1. (a)

     the 2011 Act^f1;

  2. (b)

     these Regulations;

  3. (c)

     the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Insolvency and Dissolution) Regulations 2012^f2 (“the Dissolution Regulations”); or

  4. (d)

     a CIO’s constitution;

  but not the provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986 and subordinate legislation as applied in relation to CIOs by the Dissolution Regulations;

• “document” includes summons, notice, order or other legal process and registers.

References in the CIO communications provisions to documents or information being sent or supplied by or to a CIO include references to documents or information being sent or supplied by or to the charity trustees of a CIO acting on behalf of the CIO.