{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-charities-act-1940-repealed-191992/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-charities-act-1940-repealed-191992/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/3-4/31",
  "legislation_title": "War Charities Act 1940 (repealed 1.9.1992)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-charities-act-1940-repealed-191992",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Application to Scotland.",
  "text": "This Act shall in its application to Scotland have effect subject to the following modifications:—\n(a) for references to the Charity Commissioners there shall be substituted references to the Secretary of State;\n(b) in subsection (1) of section four the words “subject to the approval of the Secretary of State” shall be omitted;\n(c) for paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of subsection (2) of section five there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—\n“(ii) order any money or securities held on behalf of the charity to be paid or transferred to the Secretary of State or to such bank or other person as the Secretary of State may direct;\n(iii) frame a scheme providing for the future management of the charity and for the appointment of trustees to manage the same, or direct that the charity be discontinued and the funds be paid over to some registered charity having similar objects or be otherwise applied as he may direct”\n(d) for subsection (5) of section five there shall be substituted the following subsection—\n“(5) The Secretary of State may, for the purposes of his functions under this section and for the purposes of any appeal to him under this Act, make such inquiry as he thinks necessary, and may direct an inquiry to be held by such person as he may appoint for the purpose. Any person appointed to hold an inquiry may call for such documents and accounts and may hear such witnesses as he shall think fit, and shall have power to take evidence on oath and for that purpose to administer oaths.”\n(e) section 7 shall apply as if for the words in subsection (1), “a police authority”, there were substituted the words “a regional or islands council” and for the words “the authority” there were substituted the words “the council”; and as if for the words in subsection (2) “chief officer of police for the police area” there were substituted the words “proper officer of the council of the region or islands area”;\n(f) in section nine for the words “on summary conviction” in subsection (1) there shall be substituted the words “on conviction by a court of summary jurisdiction”, and subsection (3) shall not apply;\n(g) in section ten for subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following subsection—\n“(1) For the purposes of this Act the registration authority shall be the regional or islands council.”\n(h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 12(e) substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 188, Sch. 24 para. 38"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 188, Sch. 24 para. 38"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 12(h) repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/3-4/31/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:31:10.642711+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."
}