Article 1 Citation and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2008.

In this Order—

• “the 2006 Act” means the Charities Act 2006;

• “the Commission” means the Charity Commission;

• “financial year” has the same meaning as in the 1993 Act^f1;

• “miners’ welfare trusts” means trusts to which section 2 of the Recreational Charities Act 1958^f2 applies immediately before 1st April 2009;

• “the status provisions” means—

  1. (a)

     sections 1 to 3 and 5(2) of the 2006 Act; and

  2. (b)

     section 5(1) of the 2006 Act in so far as it relates to section 5(2) of that Act.