# The Charities Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2013, Paragraph 1: Inquiries under section 46 of the Act


(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the Commission must not institute any inquiry under section 46 on or after 1st September 2013—
(a) in relation to a specified exempt 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 specified exempt charity.
(2) The Commission may, if—
(a) a request is made by the principal regulator of a specified exempt charity; and
(b) it considers it appropriate to do so,
institute an inquiry under section 46 of the Act on or after 1st September 2013 into that charity in respect of a relevant matter.
(3) For the purposes of this paragraph a matter is a relevant matter if—
(a) it initially arose before 1st September 2013 but during the current financial year of the charity; and
(b) the Commission was not aware of it before that day.
(4) In this paragraph—
“current financial year” means, in relation to a charity, a financial year—
(a) which began before 1st September 2013; but
(b) ends on or after that day.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1775/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2011-commencement-no-2-order-2013/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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