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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-charities-act-2006-changes-in-exempt-charities-order-2009/schedule-2/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111487624",
  "legislation_title": "The Charities Act 2006 (Changes in Exempt Charities) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-charities-act-2006-changes-in-exempt-charities-order-2009",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n(a) “appointed day” means the day appointed for the commencement of section 11(3) of the Charities Act 2006;\n(b) “current financial year” means, in relation to a charity, a financial year which—\n(i) began before the appointed day; but\n(ii) ends on or after that day;\n(c) “financial year” has the meaning given by section 97(1) of the 1993 Act;\n(d) “formerly exempt charity” means a charity which—\n(i) ceased to be an exempt charity, on the appointed day, or\n(ii) is one of a particular description of charities which ceased to be exempt charities on that day,\nby virtue of a provision of this Order;\n(e) “new exempt charity” means a charity which becomes an exempt charity, on or after the appointed day, by virtue of article 2(7) of this Order;\n(f) “principal regulator” has, in relation to an exempt charity, the meaning given by section 13 of the Charities Act 2006.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111487624/schedule/2/paragraph/18",
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  },
  "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."
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