Section 4 Application for entry in RegisterI1

An application for entry in the Register must—

(a)

state the name of the body making the application (the “applicant”),

(b)

state the principal office of the applicant or, where it does not have such an office, the name and address of one of the persons who, if the applicant is entered in the Register, will be its charity trustees,

(c)

be accompanied by—

(i)

a statement of the applicant's purposes,

(ii)

a copy of the applicant's constitution, and

(iii)

the applicant's most recent statement of account (if any) F1and any associated reports forming part of the same document, and

(d)

contain such other information, and be accompanied by such other documents, as may be—

(i)

required by regulations under section 6(1), or

(ii)

otherwise requested by OSCR.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 4(c)(iii) inserted (5.3.2026) by Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023 (asp 5), ss. 11(2), 21(2); S.S.I. 2026/98, reg. 2(c)

Commencement

I1: S. 4 in force at 24.4.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/189, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2

Notes on Part 1

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 1 Ch. 5A inserted (1.10.2010 for specified purposes, 1.11.2012 in so far as not already in force) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), ss. 125(1), 134(7); S.S.I. 2010/321, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2012/218, art. 2