Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 103(5) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

2006 No.

CHARITIES

The Protection of Charities Assets (Exemption) (Scotland) Order 2006

Made

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 19(8) and (9) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 20051 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 103(5) of that Act, been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Protection of Charities Assets (Exemption) (Scotland) Order 2006 and shall come into force on the 24th April 2006.

Protection of Assets2

Subsections (1) to (7) of section 19 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 are disapplied in relation to the property owned by–

a

the bodies specified in Part 1 (Non-departmental Public Bodies) and Part 2 (Further Education Colleges) of the Schedule to this Order; and

b

the Higher Education Institutions specified in the first column in Part 3 of the Schedule to this Order and the corresponding governing bodies specified in the second column in Part 3 of that Schedule.

A member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

SCHEDULESPECIFIED BODIES

Article 2

Part 1 –Non-departmental Public Bodies

The Board of Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland

The Board of Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland

The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

The General Teaching Council for Scotland

Learning and Teaching Scotland

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

National Theatre of Scotland

Scottish Arts Council

Scottish Natural Heritage

Scottish Qualifications Authority

Scottish Screen

Scottish Sports Council

The Trustees of the National Library of Scotland

Part 2 –Further Education Colleges

The Board of Management of Aberdeen College of Further Education

The Board of Management of Adam Smith College, Fife

The Board of Management of Angus College of Further Education

The Board of Management of Anniesland College

The Board of Management of Ayr College

The Board of Management of Banff and Buchan College of Further Education

The Board of Management of the Barony College

The Board of Management of Borders College

The Board of Management of Cardonald College

The Board of Management of Central College of Commerce

The Board of Management of Clydebank College

The Board of Management of Coatbridge College

The Board of Management of Cumbernauld College

The Board of Management of Dumfries and Galloway College

The Board of Management of Dundee College

The Board of Management of Edinburgh’s Telford College

The Board of Management of Elmwood College

The Board of Management of Forth Valley College of Further and Higher Education

The Board of Management of Glasgow College of Nautical Science

The Board of Management of Glasgow Metropolitan College

The Board of Management of Inverness College

The Board of Management of James Watt College of Further and Higher Education

The Board of Management of Jewel and Esk Valley College

The Board of Management of John Wheatley College

The Board of Management of Kilmarnock College

The Board of Management of Langside College

The Board of Management of Lauder College

The Board of Management of Lews Castle College

The Board of Management of Moray College

The Board of Management of Motherwell College

The Board of Management of Newbattle Abbey College

The Board of Management of North Glasgow College

The Board of Management of the North Highland College

The Board of Management of Oatridge Agricultural College

The Board of Management of Orkney College

The Board of Management of Perth College

The Board of Management of Reid Kerr College

The Board of Management of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig

The Board of Management of Shetland College

The Board of Management of South Lanarkshire College

The Board of Management of Stevenson College Edinburgh

The Board of Management of Stow College

The Board of Management of West Lothian College

Part 3 –Higher Education Institutions

Higher Education Institution

Governing Body

Bell College of Technology

Board of Governors

Edinburgh College of Art

Board of Governors

Glasgow Caledonian University

University Court

Glasgow School of Art

The Governors

Heriot-Watt University

University Court

Napier University

University Court

The Open University (so far as carrying on activities in or as regards Scotland)

The Council

Queen Margaret University College

Governing Body

The Robert Gordon University

The Governors

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

Board of Governors

UHI Millennium Institute

Board of Governors

University of Aberdeen

University Court

University of Abertay, Dundee

University Court

University of Dundee

University Court

University of Edinburgh

University Court

University of Glasgow

University Court

University of Paisley

University Court

University of St. Andrews

University Court

University of Stirling

University Court

University of Strathclyde

University Court

(This note is not part of the Order)

By this Order, Scottish Ministers have disapplied section 19(1) to (7) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (“the 2005 Act”) in relation to the property and income owned by the bodies listed in the Schedule to the Order.

Section 19(1) of the 2005 Act provides that when a body is removed from the Scottish Charity Register (established by section 3 of the 2005 Act), it remains under a duty to apply property and income held by it before it was removed, in accordance with its purposes as set out on the register. Section 19(2) to (7) of the 2005 Act protects such assets and ensures that the Scottish Charity Regulator (established by section 1 of the 2005 Act), can continue to oversee the use of the property and income even though the body holding that property and income is no longer a charity, by ensuring that several provisions of the 2005 Act continue to apply to the body in so far as they relate to property and income.