The Charities (The Royal Philanthropic Society) Order 1994

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. This Order may be cited as the Charities (The Royal...

3. 2. The Scheme set out in the Appendix to this Order...

4. Signature

5. 1. APPENDIX

      SCHEME FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CHARITY KNOWN AS THE ROYAL PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY

      1. Whereas the Charity known as the Royal Philanthropic Society is...

      2. And Whereas the Charity has made application to the Charity...

      3. And Whereas it appears to the Charity Commissioners that a...

      4. And Whereas in pursuance of section 20 of the Charities...

      5. Now, therefore, the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales, in...

      6. SCHEME

         1. 1. Administration of Charity. The Charity known as The Royal Philanthropic...

      7. BODY CORPORATE

         1. 2. Body corporate. (1) The Charity shall continue to be a...

      8. OBJECT

         1. 3. Object. The object of the Charity shall be to provide...

      9. MEMBERSHIP

         1. 4. Membership. (1) Any individual of full age who supports the...

      10. PATRON

          1. 5. Patron. The Charity may from time to time in General...

      11. HONORARY OFFICERS AND GENERAL COMMITTEE

          1. 6. Honorary Officers and General Committee.— (1) There shall be the...

          2. 7. Co-opted members. The General Committee may if it thinks fit...

          3. 8. Declaration by Officers and Committee members. No Officer or Committee...

          4. 9. Determination of Committee membership. Any Committee member who is adjudged...

          5. 10. Casual vacancies. The General Committee may fill casual vacancies in...

      12. MEETINGS AND PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL COMMITTEE

          1. 11. Meetings of the General Committee. The General Committee shall hold...

          2. 12. First meeting. The first meeting of the General Committee shall...

          3. 13. Chairman. The Chairman shall be the chairman of meetings of...

          4. 14. Special meetings. A special meeting of the General Committee may...

          5. 15. Quorum. There shall be a quorum at any meeting of...

          6. 16. Voting. Every matter shall be determined by the majority of...

          7. 17. Minutes, annual reports and accounts. (1) A minute book and...

      13. DIRECTOR AND OTHER OFFICIALS

          1. 18. Director and other officials. The General Committee may from time...

      14. REPAIR AND INSURANCE

          1. 19. Repair and insurance. The General Committee shall keep in repair...

      15. BENEFIT OF CHARITY

          1. 20. Benefit of Charity.— (1) The General Committee shall first defray...

      16. ANNUAL AND GENERAL COURTS

          1. 21. Annual Court.— (1) There shall be an Annual General Meeting...

          2. 22. General Court.— (1) A special meeting of the members of...

          3. 23. Notice of resolutions. The Secretary shall give not less than...

          4. 24. Minutes of Court meetings. The Secretary shall keep minutes of...

      17. LAND

          1. 25. Use of property. Subject as hereinafter provided any land from...

          2. 26. Purchase and sale. The General Committee may upon the best...

          3. 27. Letting. The General Committee may upon the best terms obtainable...

      18. INVESTMENT

          1. 28. Powers of Investment. The funds of the Charity requiring investment...

          2. 29. Investment adviser. The General Committee shall employ and may remunerate...

          3. 30. Investment managers.— (1) The General Committee may employ and remunerate...

          4. 31. Nominees. The General Committee may (whether through the investment managers...

      19. BORROWING

          1. 32. Borrowing. The General Committee may without the authority of an...

      20. GENERAL PROVISIONS

          1. 33. Appropriation of benefits. The appropriation of benefits of the Charity...

          2. 34. Committee members not to be personally interested. No Committee member...

          3. 35. Questions of construction. Any question as to the construction of...

6. Explanatory Note