{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2011/section-110",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2011/section-110.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/25",
  "legislation_title": "Charities Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2011",
  "path": "section/110",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "110",
  "heading": "Power to give advice",
  "text": "(1) The Commission may, on the written application of any charity trustee or trustee for a charity, give the applicant its opinion or advice in relation to any matter—\n(a) relating to the performance of any duties of the applicant, as such a trustee, in relation to the charity concerned, or\n(b) otherwise relating to the proper administration of the charity.\n(2) A person (“P”) who—\n(a) is a charity trustee or trustee for a charity, and\n(b) acts in accordance with any opinion or advice given by the Commission under subsection (1) (whether to P or another trustee),\nis to be treated, as regards P's responsibility for so acting, as having acted in accordance with P's trust.\n(3) But subsection (2) does not apply to P if, when so acting—\n(a) P knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that the opinion or advice was given in ignorance of material facts, or\n(b) a decision of the court or the Tribunal has been obtained on the matter or proceedings are pending to obtain one.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/25/section/110",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:07.149597+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."
  }
}