{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2011/section-180",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2011/section-180.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/25",
  "legislation_title": "Charities Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2011",
  "path": "section/180",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "180",
  "heading": "Disqualification: exceptions in relation to charitable companies",
  "text": "(1) Where (apart from this subsection) a person (“P”) is disqualified under Case B or G from being a charity trustee or trustee for a charitable company or a CIO, P is not so disqualified if leave has been granted under section 11 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (undischarged bankrupts) for P to act as director of the company or charity trustee of the CIO (as the case may be).\n(2) Similarly, a person (“P”) is not disqualified under Case F from being a charity trustee or trustee for a charitable company or a CIO if, in a case set out in the first column of the table, leave has been granted as mentioned in the second column for P to act as director of the company or charity trustee of the CIO (as the case may be)—\nP is subject to a disqualification order or disqualification undertaking under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.\nLeave has been granted for the purposes of section 1(1)(a) or 1A(1)(a) of the 1986 Act.\nP is subject to a disqualification order or disqualification undertaking under the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3150 (N.I.4)).\nLeave has been granted by the High Court in Northern Ireland.\nP is subject to an order under section 429(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986.\nLeave has been granted by the court which made the order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 180(1) inserted (1.10.2012) by The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2404), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 62(4) (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 180(1) inserted (2.1.2013) by The Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3014), arts. 1, 5(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 180(1) inserted (2.1.2013) by The Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3014), arts. 1, 5(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 180(2) inserted (2.1.2013) by The Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3014), arts. 1, 5(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 180(2) inserted (2.1.2013) by The Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3014), arts. 1, 5(b)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/25/section/180",
    "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."
  }
}