Section 14 Terms of agency.
Subject to subsection (2) and sections 15(2) and 29 to 32, the trustees may authorise a person to exercise functions as their agent on such terms as to remuneration and other matters as they may determine.
The trustees may not authorise a person to exercise functions as their agent on any of the terms mentioned in subsection (3) unless it is reasonably necessary for them to do so.
The terms are—
a term permitting the agent to appoint a substitute;
a term restricting the liability of the agent or his substitute to the trustees or any beneficiary;
a term permitting the agent to act in circumstances capable of giving rise to a conflict of interest.
Notes on Part IV
Modifications
- C1
Pt. 4 applied in part (with modifications) (2.1.2013) by The Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3012), regs. 1, 33
- C2
Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) (in part) by 1956 c. lxvii, s. 5(1B)-(1D) (as substituted (10.3.2015) by The Charities (People's Dispensary for Sick Animals) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/198), art. 1, Sch. Scheme para. 4)
- C3
Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) by 1961 c. xxxviii, s. 9(2)(3)(a)(4) (as substituted (1.9.2017) by The Charities (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/783), art. 1, Sch. Scheme para. 5)