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The Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2011

S.I. 2011/1728 · Made 14 July 2011

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Charities, England And Wales

Made 14th July 2011

The Minister for the Cabinet Office makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 79(2) and (3) of the Charities Act 2006f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2006 c.50. For the definition of “the Minister” see section 78(6).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Commencement
  3. 3Transitional provisions and savings
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule 1PROVISIONS OF THE 2006 ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST AUGUST 2011
  6. Schedule 2: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS
  7. 1Inquiries under section 8 of the 1993 Act
  8. 2Costs in promoting a Bill before Parliament
  9. 3Ongoing charity proceedings
  10. 4Persons acting as charity trustee or trustee while disqualified
  11. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2011.

(2)

In this Order—

  • “the 1993 Act” means the Charities Act 1993f1;

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

  • “academy or sixth form college charity” means an exempt charity which—

    1. (a)

      is included in paragraph (ca) or (cd) of Schedule 2 to the 1993 Actf2; or

    2. (b)

      falls within paragraph (w) of that Schedule and is administered by or on behalf of an institution included in paragraph (ca) or (cd);

  • “foundation or voluntary school charity” means an exempt charity which is included in paragraph (cb), (cc) or (wa) of Schedule 2 to the 1993 Actf3;

  • “specified exempt charity” means an exempt charity which—

    1. (c)

      is a foundation or voluntary school charity; or

    2. (d)

      is an academy or sixth form college charity;

    and references to “specified exempt charities” are to be construed accordingly.

2Commencement

Subject to article 3, the day appointed for the commencement of the provisions of the 2006 Act specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1 is 1st August 2011 except that—

(a)

where a particular purpose is specified in Column 3 of that Schedule in relation to any such provision, the relevant provision comes into force on that day for that particular purpose only;

(b)

where any limitation is specified in Column 3 of that Schedule in relation to any such provision, the relevant provision comes into force on that day subject to the specified limitation.

3Transitional provisions and savings

Schedule 2 (which contains transitional provisions and savings) has effect.

Signature

Nick Hurd

Parliamentary Secretary

Cabinet Office

14th July 2011

Schedule 1PROVISIONS OF THE 2006 ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST AUGUST 2011

Provision(s) of the 2006 ActSubject matter of provisionsParticular purpose or other limitation
Section 12Increased regulation of exempt charities under 1993 ActIn so far as it relates to the specified exempt charities.
Section 13(1) to (3)General duty of principal regulator in relation to an exempt charityIn so far as they relate to the specified exempt charities.
Section 14Commission to consult principal regulator before exercising powers in relation to exempt charityIn so far as it relates to the specified exempt charities.
Section 29(2)Duty of auditor etc. of charity which is not a company to report matters to the CommissionIn so far as it relates to the specified exempt charities.
Section 75(1) to (3)Amendments, repeals, revocations and transitional provisionsIn so far as they relate to the provisions of Schedules 8 to 10 to the 2006 Act commenced by article 2 of this Order.
Schedule 5Exempt charities: increased regulation under 1993 ActIn so far as it relates to the specified exempt charities.
Schedule 8, paragraph 104Minor and consequential amendmentsIn so far as it inserts a new section 10B into the 1993 Act, or refers to section 10B, for the purpose of enabling disclosure of information to and by principal regulators of specified exempt charities.
Schedule 8, paragraph 176Minor and consequential amendmentsIn so far as it refers to section 10B of the 1993 Act for the purposes for which paragraph 104 of Schedule 8 to the 2006 Act has been commenced by article 2 of this Order.
Schedule 9Repeals and revocationsIn so far as they relate to the specified exempt charities the entries relating to sections 6(9), 9(4), 16(4)(c) and (5), 17(7), 28(10), 33(2) and (7), and 73(4) of the 1993 Act.
Schedule 10, paragraph 8Transitional provisions and savingsIn so far as it relates to the amendments made by section 29(2) of the 2006 Act (as commenced by article 2 of this Order) and the duty imposed by section 46(2A) of the 1993 Act (inserted by section 29(2)) in relation to the specified exempt charities.

1Inquiries under section 8 of the 1993 Act

(1)

Where the Commission has instituted an inquiry under section 8 of the 1993 Act before 1st August 2011, the inquiry may extend to an academy or sixth form college charity as if it had been requested by the principal regulator of that charity.

(2)

Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the Commission must not institute any inquiry under section 8 (as amended by the provisions of the 2006 Act commenced by article 2 of this Order for the purposes specified in Schedule 1) on or after 1st August 2011—

(a)

in relation to a foundation or voluntary school charity and in respect of any period beginning before that day; or

(b)

which covers any period beginning before that day and would extend to a foundation or voluntary school charity.

(3)

The Commission may, if—

(a)

a request is made by the principal regulator of a foundation or voluntary school charity; and

(b)

it considers it appropriate to do so,

institute an inquiry under section 8 of the 1993 Act on or after 1st August 2011 into that charity in respect of a relevant matter.

(4)

For the purposes of this paragraph a matter is a relevant matter if—

(a)

it initially arose before 1st August 2011 but during the current financial year of the charity; and

(b)

the Commission was not aware of it before that day.

(5)

In this paragraph—

  • “current financial year” means, in relation to a charity, a financial year—

    1. (a)

      which began before 1st August 2011; but

    2. (b)

      ends on or after that day;

  • “financial year” has the meaning given by section 97(1) of the 1993 Act.

2Costs in promoting a Bill before Parliament

Where immediately before 1st August 2011 a foundation or voluntary school charity was preparing or promoting a Bill in Parliament, section 17(7) of the 1993 Act does not apply in respect of any expenditure incurred by that charity on or after that day in the preparation or promotion of that Bill.

3Ongoing charity proceedings

(1)

Any charity proceedings—

(a)

relating to a foundation or voluntary school charity; and

(b)

taken before 1st August 2011,

continue on or after that day as if they had been authorised by the Commission.

(2)

In this paragraph “charity proceedings” has the meaning given by section 33(8) of the 1993 Act.

4Persons acting as charity trustee or trustee while disqualified

(1)

The Commission may not make any order under section 73(4) of the 1993 Act which would require a person (“P”) to—

(a)

repay to a foundation or voluntary school charity the whole or part of any relevant sum received by P by way of remuneration or expenses; or

(b)

pay to that charity the whole or part of the monetary value of any relevant benefit in kind received by P.

(2)

For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)

a sum by way or remuneration or expenses or a benefit in kind received by P is a relevant sum or benefit in kind if it is received by P in connection with P’s acting as a charity trustee of or trustee for the foundation or voluntary school charity at any time—

(i)

before 1st August 2011; and

(ii)

when P was disqualified by section 72 of the 1993 Act for acting as such a trustee; and

(b)

it does not matter whether the sum or benefit is received by P before, on or after 1st August 2011.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force certain provisions of the Charities Act 2006 for the purposes of specified categories of exempt charity, namely: (1) the governing bodies of foundation, voluntary and foundation special schools, and foundation bodies established under section 21 of the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998; (2) sixth form college corporations; (3) qualifying academy proprietors under section 12 of the Academies Act 2010; and (4) certain connected charities.

The provisions specified in Schedule 1 to this Order are brought into force on 1st August 2011, subject to the transitional provisions and savings specified in Schedule 2.