Explanatory note

These Regulations (which extend to England and Wales only) except specified religious charities from the duty to register under the Charities Act 1993. In the case of regulation 4, which concerns charities connected with the religious bodies identified by list, preconditions for exception established by the Regulations revoked by regulation 3 are modified, in particular by removing requirements to notify particulars to the Charity Commission from time to time, and the list of religious bodies consolidates and adds to comparable lists in those Regulations. In all those cases to which regulation 4 now applies, exception expires on 1st March 2001. Regulation 5 increases the previous maximum level of income which the specified charities may receive before being required to register from £50 a year.