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Section 17 Scope of Part 7 of the Charities Act 2011I1I2

England and Wales

In section 117 of the Charities Act 2011 (restrictions on dispositions of land: general), after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)

For the purposes of this Part, land is held by or in trust for a charity only if the whole of the land which forms the subject matter of the disposition is held—

(a)

by the charity solely for its own benefit (and, accordingly, is not being held as nominee or in trust for another person), or

(b)

in trust solely for the charity.”

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 17 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 41(4)

I2

S. 17 in force at 14.6.2023 by S.I. 2023/643, Sch. para. 7