Part 1Charities

Chapter 7Scottish charitable incorporated organisations

Nature and constitution

I150Constitution and powers

1

A SCIO's constitution must state its name and its purposes.

2

A SCIO's constitution must make provision—

a

about who is eligible for membership, and how a person becomes a member, and

b

for the appointment of 3 or more persons (“charity trustees”) who are to be charged with the general control of the SCIO's administration, and about any conditions of eligibility for becoming a charity trustee.

3

A SCIO's constitution must also provide for such other matters, and comply with such requirements, as are specified in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.

4

A SCIO must use and apply its property in furtherance of its purposes and in accordance with its constitution.

5

Subject to anything in its constitution, a SCIO has power to do anything which is calculated to further its purposes or is conducive or incidental to doing so.

6

For the purposes of managing the affairs of a SCIO, its charity trustees may exercise all the SCIO's powers.