Charities Act 2006

Reverter of Sites Act 1987 (c. 15) E+W

81 E+W The Reverter of Sites Act 1987 has effect subject to the following amendments.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 8 para. 81 in force at 27.2.2007 by S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.

82 (1) Section 2 (Charity Commissioners' schemes) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) In subsection (1) for “Charity Commissioners” substitute “ Charity Commission ”.

(3) For subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) The charitable purposes specified in an order made under this section on an application with respect to any trust shall be such as the Charity Commission consider appropriate, having regard to the matters set out in subsection (3A).

(3A) The matters are—

(a) the desirability of securing that the property is held for charitable purposes (“the new purposes”) which are close to the purposes, whether charitable or not, for which the trustees held the relevant land before the cesser of use in consequence of which the trust arose (“the former purposes); and

(b) the need for the new purposes to be capable of having a significant social or economic effect.

(3B) In determining the character of the former purposes, the Commission may, if they think it appropriate to do so, give greater weight to the persons or locality benefited by those purposes than to the nature of the benefit.”

(4) In subsection (5)—

(a) for “Charity Commissioners” substitute “ Charity Commission ”,

(b) in paragraph (c), for “Commissioners'” and “them” substitute “ Commission's ” and “ it ”, and

(c) in paragraph (d), for “Commissioners have” substitute “ Commission has ”.

(5) In subsection (7) for “Charity Commissioners” substitute “ Charity Commission ”.

(6) In subsection (8)—

(a) for “Commissioners'” substitute “ Commission's ”,

(b) for “they think” substitute “ it thinks ”, and

(c) for “Commissioners decide” substitute “ Commission decides ”.

(7) In the sidenote, for “Charity Commissioners'” substitute “ Charity Commission's ”.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 8 para. 82(1)(2)(4)-(7) in force at 27.2.2007 by S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.

I3 Sch. 8 para. 82(3) in force at 18.3.2008 by S.I. 2008/751, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 12)

83 (1) Section 4 (provisions supplemental to sections 2 and 3) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) for “Charity Commissioners think” substitute “Charity Commission thinks”;

(b) for “Commissioners'” substitute “Commission's”; and

(c) for “the Commissioners think” substitute “the Commission thinks”.

F1 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 8 para. 83(3)(4) repealed (14.3.2012) by Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), s. 355, Sch. 10 (with s. 20(2), Sch. 8)

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. 8 para. 83(1)(2) in force at 27.2.2007 by S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.

84 E+W In section 5(3) (orders under section 554 of the Education Act 1996)—

(a) for “Charity Commissioners” (in both places) substitute “ Charity Commission ”;

(b) for “the Commissioners” substitute “ the Commission ”; and

(c) for “them” substitute “ it ”.

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. 8 para. 84 in force at 27.2.2007 by S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.