http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/50/section/55/2006-11-08Charities Act 2006An Act to provide for the establishment and functions of the Charity Commission for England and Wales and the Charity Tribunal; to make other amendments of the law about charities, including provision about charitable incorporated organisations; to make further provision about public charitable collections and other fund-raising carried on in connection with charities and other institutions; to make other provision about the funding of such institutions; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-182006-11-08 Part 3 Funding for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institutionsChapter 1Public charitable collections<Emphasis>Public collections certificates</Emphasis>Transfer of certificate between trustees of unincorporated charity551One or more individuals to whom a public collections certificate has been issued (“the holders”) may apply to the Commission for a direction that the certificate be transferred to one or more other individuals (“the recipients”).2An application under subsection (1) must—abe in such form as may be specified, andbcontain such information as may be specified.3The Commission may direct that the certificate be transferred if it is satisfied that—aeach of the holders is or was a trustee of a charity which is not a body corporate;beach of the recipients is a trustee of that charity and consents to the transfer; andcthe charity trustees consent to the transfer.4Where the Commission refuses to direct that a certificate be transferred, it must serve on the holders written notice of—aits decision, andbthe reasons for its decision.5That notice must also state the right of appeal conferred by section 57(2) and the time within which such an appeal must be brought.6Subsections (5) and (6) of section 51 apply for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section as they apply for the purposes of subsection (3) of that section.7Except as provided by this section, a public collections certificate is not transferable.
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