{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2006/section-78",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2006/section-78.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/50",
  "legislation_title": "Charities Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2006",
  "path": "section/78",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "78",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“the 1992 Act” means the Charities Act 1992 (c. 41);\n“the 1993 Act” means the Charities Act 1993 (c. 10).\n(2) In this Act—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) “charitable purposes” has (in accordance with section 2(2) of the Charities Act 2011) the meaning given by section 2(1) of that Act; and\n(c) “charity trustees” has the same meaning as in that Act;\n...\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) In this Act “enactment” includes—\n(a) any provision of subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)),\n(b) a provision of a Measure of the Church Assembly or of the General Synod of the Church of England, and\n(c) (in the context of section ... 75(5)) any provision made by or under an Act of the Scottish Parliament or Northern Ireland legislation,\nand references to enactments include enactments passed or made after the passing of this Act.\n(5) In this Act “institution” means an institution whether incorporated or not, and includes a trust or undertaking.\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) Subsections (2) to (5) apply except where the context otherwise requires.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 78(2)(a) repealed (14.3.2012) by Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), s. 355, Sch. 7 para. 123(1)(a), Sch. 10 (with s. 20(2), Sch. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 78(2)(b) substituted (14.3.2012) by Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), s. 355, Sch. 7 para. 123(1)(b), Sch. 10 (with s. 20(2), Sch. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 78(2)(c) substituted (14.3.2012) by Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), s. 355, Sch. 7 para. 123(1)(c) (with s. 20(2), Sch. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 78(2) repealed (14.3.2012) by Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), s. 355, Sch. 7 para. 123(1)(d), Sch. 10 (with s. 20(2), Sch. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 78(3) repealed (14.3.2012) by Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), s. 355, Sch. 7 para. 123(2), Sch. 10 (with s. 20(2), Sch. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 78(4)(c) repealed (14.3.2012) by Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), s. 355, Sch. 7 para. 123(3), Sch. 10 (with s. 20(2), Sch. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 78(6) omitted (9.11.2016) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 19(3) (with art. 12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/section/78",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:06:17.283537+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}