Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Charter Trustees Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/263) (“the 1996 Regulations”). Regulation 2(2) and (5) amends incorrect cross references in the 1996 Regulations, and regulation 2(3) substitutes regulation 7(7) to clarify the position regarding the application of section 80(1)(e) of the Local Government Act 1972 to charter trustees established under the Local Government Act 1992, and to apply section 19(2)(b) of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 to local government electors holding office as charter trustees. Regulation 2(4) inserts regulation 11A into the 1996 Regulations. The new provision operates to transfer historic and ceremonial property held by abolished authorities to charter trustees established under the 1996 Regulations; charter trustees may dispose of certain of that property to the relevant council (defined in regulation 2(1) of the 1996 Regulations).