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(1)Where a charity may be wound up by the High Court under the M1Insolvency Act 1986, a petition for it to be wound up under that Act by any court in England or Wales having jurisdiction may be presented by the Attorney General, as well as by any person authorised by that Act.
(2)Where a charity may be so wound up by the High Court, such a petition may also be presented by [F1the Commission] if, at any time after [F2it has instituted] an inquiry under section 8 above with respect to the charity, [F3it is satisfied] as mentioned in section 18(1)(a) or (b) above.
(3)Where a charitable company is dissolved, [F4the Commission] may make an application under section 651 of the M2Companies Act 1985 (power of court to declare dissolution of company void) for an order to be made under that section with respect to the company; and for this purpose subsection (1) of that section shall have effect in relation to a charitable company as if the reference to the liquidator of the company included a reference to [F4the Commission].
(4)Where a charitable company’s name has been struck off the register of companies under section 652 of the Companies Act 1985 (power of registrar to strike defunct company off register), [F5the Commission] may make an application under section 653(2) of that Act (objection to striking off by person aggrieved) for an order restoring the company’s name to that register; and for this purpose section 653(2) shall have effect in relation to a charitable company as if the reference to any such person aggrieved as is there mentioned included a reference to [F5the Commission].
(5)The powers exercisable by [F6the Commission] by virtue of this section shall be exercisable [F7by the Commission of its own motion], but shall be exercisable only with the agreement of the Attorney General on each occasion.
(6)In this section “charitable company” means a company which is a charity.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 63(2) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 150(2)(a); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F2Words in s. 63(2) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 150(2)(b); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F3Words in s. 63(2) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 150(2)(c); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F4Words in s. 63(3) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 150(3); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F5Words in s. 63(4) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 150(4); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F6Words in s. 63(5) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 150(5)(a); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F7Words in s. 63(5) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 150(5)(b); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
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(1)Where a charity is a company or other body corporate having power to alter the instruments establishing or regulating it as a body corporate, no exercise of that power which has the effect of the body ceasing to be a charity shall be valid so as to affect the application of—
(a)any property acquired under any disposition or agreement previously made otherwise than for full consideration in money or money’s worth, or any property representing property so acquired,
(b)any property representing income which has accrued before the alteration is made, or
(c)the income from any such property as aforesaid.
(2)Where a charity is a company, any alteration by it—
(a)of the objects clause in its memorandum of association, or
(b)of any other provision in its memorandum of association, or any provision in its articles of association, which is a provision directing or restricting the manner in which property of the company may be used or applied,
is ineffective without the prior written consent of the Commissioners.
(3)Where a company has made any such alteration in accordance with subsection (2) above and—
(a)in connection with the alteration is required by virtue of—
(i)section 6(1) of the Companies Act 1985 (delivery of documents following alteration of objects), or
(ii)that provision as applied by section 17(3) of that Act (alteration of condition in memorandum which could have been contained in articles),
to deliver to the registrar of companies a printed copy of its memorandum, as altered, or
[F8(b)is required by section 30 of the Companies Act 2006 (copies of resolutions affecting a company’s constitution) to forward to the registrar a copy of the special resolution effecting the alteration,]
the copy so delivered or forwarded by the company shall be accompanied by a copy of [F9the Commission's consent].
(4)Section 6(3) of that Act (offences) shall apply to any default by a company in complying with subsection (3) above as it applies to any such default as is mentioned in that provision.
Textual Amendments
F8S. 64(3)(b) substituted (1.10.2007) by The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2194), art. 1(3)(a), Sch. 4 para. 79 (with art. 12)
F9Words in s. 64(3) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 151; S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
(1)Sections 35 and 35A of the M3Companies Act 1985 (capacity of company not limited by its memorandum; power of directors to bind company) do not apply to the acts of a company which is a charity except in favour of a person who—
(a)gives full consideration in money or money’s worth in relation to the act in question, and
(b)does not know that the act is not permitted by the company’s memorandum or, as the case may be, is beyond the powers of the directors,
or who does not know at the time the act is done that the company is a charity.
(2)However, where such a company purports to transfer or grant an interest in property, the fact that the act was not permitted by the company’s memorandum or, as the case may be, that the directors in connection with the act exceeded any limitation on their powers under the company’s constitution, does not affect the title of a person who subsequently acquires the property or any interest in it for full consideration without actual notice of any such circumstances affecting the validity of the company’s act.
(3)In any proceedings arising out of subsection (1) above the burden of proving—
(a)that a person knew that an act was not permitted by the company’s memorandum or was beyond the powers of the directors, or
(b)that a person knew that the company was a charity,
lies on the person making that allegation.
(4)Where a company is a charity, the ratification of an act under section 35(3) of the Companies Act 1985, or the ratification of a transaction to which section 322A of that Act applies (invalidity of certain transactions to which directors or their associates are parties), is ineffective without the prior written consent of [F10the Commission].
Textual Amendments
F10Words in s. 65(4) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 152; S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
Marginal Citations
(1)Where a company is a charity—
(a)any approval given by the members of the company under any provision of Chapter 4 of Part 10 of the Companies Act 2006 (transactions with directors requiring approval by members) listed in subsection (2) below, and
(b)any affirmation given by members of the company under section 196 or 214 of that Act (affirmation of unapproved property transactions and loans),
is ineffective without the prior written consent of the Commission.
(2)The provisions are—
(a)section 188 (directors' long-term service contracts);
(b)section 190 (substantial property transactions with directors etc);
(c)section 197, 198 or 200 (loans and quasi-loans to directors etc);
(d)section 201 (credit transactions for benefit of directors etc);
(e)section 203 (related arrangements);
(f)section 217 (payments to directors for loss of office);
(g)section 218 (payments to directors for loss of office: transfer of undertaking etc).
Textual Amendments
F11Ss. 66, 66A substituted (1.10.2007) for s. 66 by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 226, 1300(2); S.I. 2007/2194, art. 2(1)(d) (with arts. 7 12)
(1)A company that is a charity may not do an act to which this section applies without the prior written consent of the Commission.
(2)This section applies to an act that—
(a)does not require approval under a listed provision of Chapter 4 of Part 10 of the Companies Act 2006 (transactions with directors) by the members of the company, but
(b)would require such approval but for an exemption in the provision in question that disapplies the need for approval on the part of the members of a body corporate which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of another body corporate.
(3)The reference to a listed provision is a reference to a provision listed in section 66(2) above.
(4)If a company acts in contravention of this section, the exemption referred to in subsection (2)(b) shall be treated as of no effect in relation to the act.]
Textual Amendments
F11Ss. 66, 66A substituted (1.10.2007) for s. 66 by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 226, 1300(2); S.I. 2007/2194, art. 2(1)(d) (with arts. 7 12)
Section 30(7) of the Companies Act 1985 (exemption from requirements relating to publication of name etc.) shall not, in its application to any company which is a charity, have the effect of exempting the company from the requirements of section 349(1) of that Act (company’s name to appear in its correspondence etc.)
(1)Where a company is a charity and its name does not include the word “charity” or the word “charitable”[F12then, subject to subsection (1A)], the fact that the company is a charity shall be stated F13. . . in legible characters—
(a)in all business letters of the company,
(b)in all its notices and other official publications,
(c)in all bills of exchange, promissory notes, endorsements, cheques and orders for money or goods purporting to be signed on behalf of the company,
(d)in all conveyances purporting to be executed by the company, and
(e)in all bills rendered by it and in all its invoices, receipts, and letters of credit.
F14[(1A)Where a company’s name includes the word “elusen” or the word “elusennol” (the Welsh equivalents of the words “charity” and “charitable”), subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to any document which is wholly in Welsh.
(1B)The statement required by subsection (1) above shall be in English, except that, in the case of a document which is otherwise wholly in Welsh, the statement may be in Welsh if it consists of or includes the word “elusen” or the word “elusennol”.]
(2)In subsection (1)(d) above “conveyance” means any instrument creating, transferring, varying or extinguishing an interest in land.
(3)Subsections (2) to (4) of section 349 of the M4Companies Act 1985 (offences in connection with failure to include required particulars in business letters etc.) shall apply in relation to a contravention of subsection (1) above, taking the reference in subsection (3)(b) of that section to a bill of parcels as a reference to any such bill as is mentioned in subsection (1)(e) above.
Textual Amendments
F12Words in s. 68(1) inserted (21.12.1993) by 1993 c. 38, ss. 33(2)(a), 36(1)
F13Words in s. 68(1) repealed (21.12.1993) by 1993 c. 38, ss. 33(2)(b), 35(1), 36(1), Sch.2
F14S. 68(1A)(1B) inserted (21.12.1993) by 1993 c. 38, ss. 33(3), 36(1)
Marginal Citations
(1)In the case of a charity which is a company [F15the Commission] may by order require that the condition and accounts of the charity for such period as [F16the Commission thinks fit] shall be investigated and audited by an auditor appointed [F17by the Commission], being a person eligible for appointment as a company auditor under section 25 of the M5Companies Act 1989.
(2)An auditor acting under subsection (1) above—
(a)shall have a right of access to all books, accounts and documents relating to the charity which are in the possession or control of the charity trustees or to which the charity trustees have access;
(b)shall be entitled to require from any charity trustee, past or present, and from any past or present officer or employee of the charity such information and explanation as he thinks necessary for the performance of his duties;
(c)shall at the conclusion or during the progress of the audit make such reports to [F18the Commission] about the audit or about the accounts or affairs of the charity as he thinks the case requires, and shall send a copy of any such report to the charity trustees.
(3)The expenses of any audit under subsection (1) above, including the remuneration of the auditor, shall be paid by [F19the Commission].
(4)If any person fails to afford an auditor any facility to which he is entitled under subsection (2) above [F20the Commission] may by order give to that person or to the charity trustees for the time being such directions as [F21the Commission thinks] appropriate for securing that the default is made good.
Textual Amendments
F15Words in s. 69(1) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 154(2)(a); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F16Words in s. 69(1) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 154(2)(b); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F17Words in s. 69(1) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 154(2)(c); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F18Words in s. 69(2)(c) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 154(3); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F19Words in s. 69(3) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 154(3); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F20Words in s. 69(4) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 154(4)(a); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F21Words in s. 69(4) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 154(4)(b); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
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