{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2006-commencement-no-8-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2011/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2006-commencement-no-8-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2011/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1728",
  "legislation_title": "The Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2006-commencement-no-8-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2011",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2011.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1993 Act” means the Charities Act 1993;\n“the 2006 Act” means the Charities Act 2006;\n“academy or sixth form college charity” means an exempt charity which—\n(a) is included in paragraph (ca) or (cd) of Schedule 2 to the 1993 Act; or\n(b) falls within paragraph (w) of that Schedule and is administered by or on behalf of an institution included in paragraph (ca) or (cd);\n“foundation or voluntary school charity” means an exempt charity which is included in paragraph (cb), (cc) or (wa) of Schedule 2 to the 1993 Act;\n“specified exempt charity” means an exempt charity which—\n(c) is a foundation or voluntary school charity; or\n(d) is an academy or sixth form college charity;\nand references to “specified exempt charities” are to be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c.10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph (ca) is inserted by the Academies Act 2010 (c.32), section 12(4); paragraph (cd) is inserted by the Charities Act 2006 (Changes in Exempt Charities) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1725)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Paragraphs (cb), (cc) and (wa) are inserted by S.I. 2011/1725."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1728/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:01:44.151014+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}