The Charities References in Documents (Scotland) Regulations 2007

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2.—(1) A body entered in the Scottish Charity Register must state, in legible characters–

(a)the registered number allocated to it by OSCR(1) as part of the registration process;

(b)its name as entered in the Scottish Charity Register;

(c)any other name by which it is commonly known; and

(d)where the name entered in the Scottish Charity Register does not include “charity” or “charitable”, that it is a charity by using one of the terms referred to in section 13(1) or (2) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005,

on all documents listed in regulation 4 and which are issued or signed on behalf of the charity after 31st March 2008.

(2) Where a body is entered in the Scottish Charity Register after 30th September 2007, this regulation shall apply to documents listed in regulation 4 and which are issued or signed on behalf of the charity after the date which is 6 months after entry in the Register.

(1)

“OSCR” is defined in section 1 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.