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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2011/section-205",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2011/section-205.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/25",
  "legislation_title": "Charities Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2011",
  "path": "section/205",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "205",
  "heading": "Nature",
  "text": "(1) A CIO is a body corporate.\n(2) A CIO must have—\n(a) a constitution;\n(b) a principal office, which must be in England or in Wales;\n(c) one or more members.\n(3) The members may be—\n(a) not liable to contribute to the assets of the CIO if it is wound up, or\n(b) liable to do so up to a maximum amount each.",
  "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/205",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:07.149597+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."
}