{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-charities-act-2006-principal-regulators-of-exempt-charities-regulations-2009/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-charities-act-2006-principal-regulators-of-exempt-charities-regulations-2009/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111487617",
  "legislation_title": "The Charities Act 2006 (Principal Regulators of Exempt Charities) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-charities-act-2006-principal-regulators-of-exempt-charities-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Charities Act 2006 (Principal Regulators of Exempt Charities) Regulations 2009 and come into force immediately after section 11(3) of the Charities Act 2006 comes into force.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n“Culture Secretary” means the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport;\n“Environment Secretary” means the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;\n“HEFCE” means the Higher Education Funding Council for England.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111487617/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:56:30.874453+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}