Paragraph 6 The Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5, Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Savings) Order 2008

The Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5, Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Savings) Order 2008^f1 is amended as follows.

In article 1(2) for paragraph (b) of the definition of “formerly specified educational institution” substitute—

“(b)

an institution to which subsection (2) of that section of that Act would have applied had it not been repealed by the Charities Act 2006 (Changes in Exempt Charities) Order 2011;”.

In the following provisions, for “1st September 2011” substitute “1st August 2011”—

In article 6 omit paragraph (2).

In article 13 for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3)

Nothing in sections 43, 44 and 44A of the 1993 Act^f2 applies to—

(a)

a formerly specified educational institution; or

(b)

an Education Action Forum which does not fall within section 3A(2)(d) of the 1993 Act^f3,

in respect of any financial year of the charity which is a transitory financial year.”.

For article 16(3) substitute—

“(3)

In this article “qualifying request” means a request made under section 47(2) of the 1993 Act^f4 for the most recent accounts of a relevant educational charity at any time before—

(a)

in the case of an Education Action Forum, the charity trustees of that charity have prepared—

(i)

a statement of accounts under section 42(1) of that Act^f5; or

(ii)

an account and statement under section 42(3) of that Act^f6,

in respect of the standard financial year;

(b)

in the case of a formerly specified educational institution, the charity trustees of that charity have prepared a statement of account in respect of the standard financial year (whether under section 46 of that Act or otherwise).”.

In article 19 omit paragraphs (2) and (3).

In article 21(2), for “the transitional period end date a relevant educational charity” substitute “the exempt charity appointed day an Education Action Forum”.

For article 22(1) substitute—

“(1)

For the purposes of section 24 of the 1993 Act^f7 (including the purposes of that section as applied by section 25 of that Act^f8), a relevant educational charity is to be treated—

(a)

in the case of a formerly specified institution, as having been an exempt charity during the period starting on 31st January 2009 and ending immediately before the tranche 2 exempt status day;

(b)

in the case of an Education Action Forum, before the appointed day, as if it were an exempt charity.”.

In article 23 for “relevant educational charity” substitute “Education Action Forum”.

In article 24—

For article 25 substitute—

“25.

For the purposes of section 37(10) of the 1993 Act—

(a)

an Education Action Forum is to be treated as ceasing to be an exempt charity on the exempt charity appointed day;

(b)

a formerly specified educational institution is to be treated—

(i)

until the tranche 2 exempt status day as if it were an exempt charity; and

(ii)

on or after that day as if it had never ceased to be such a charity.”.

In article 26—

In article 27(2)(a) for “relevant educational charity” substitute “Education Action Forum”.