1. These Regulations may be cited as the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Insolvency and Dissolution) Regulations 2012 and come into force on the twenty eighth day after the day on which they are made.
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1986 Act” means the Insolvency Act 1986 M1;
“the 2011 Act” means the Charities Act 2011;
[F1“CIO” has the same meaning as set out in section 204 of the Charities Act 2011;]
“constitutional directions” means the directions included in the CIO's constitution in accordance with section 206(2)(c) of the 2011 Act.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations “body corporate” includes a body incorporated outside the United Kingdom but does not include—
(a)a corporation sole; or
(b)a partnership that, whether or not a legal person, is not regarded as a body corporate under the law by which it is governed.