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Paragraph 7 Power to act for the protection of charities

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(1)

The Charity Commission may take any action, on or after the appointed day, in relation to—

(a)

a new exempt charity which is or was the subject of a relevant inquiry; or

(b)

the charity trustees of such a charity,

that it could take under the 1993 Act in relation to a charity which is not an exempt charity or (as the case may be) the charity trustees of a charity that is not an exempt charity.

(2)

The Charity Commission must notify the principal regulator of the relevant new exempt charity of any action taken in reliance on sub-paragraph (1) above.

(3)

In this paragraph “relevant inquiry” has the meaning given by paragraph 6.