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[F1Nature and constitutionU.K.

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F1Pt. 8A inserted (27.2.2007 for the insertion of ss. 69B(3)(5), 69E(2)(b), 69G(5)(d), 69H(4), 69J, 69N, 69Q for specified purposes) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 7 para. 1; S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.

69ACharitable incorporated organisationsU.K.

(1)In this Act, a charitable incorporated organisation is referred to as a “CIO”.

(2)A CIO shall be a body corporate.

(3)A CIO shall have a constitution.

(4)A CIO shall have a principal office, which shall be in England or in Wales.

(5)A CIO shall have one or more members.

(6)The members may be either—

(a)not liable to contribute to the assets of the CIO if it is wound up, or

(b)liable to do so up to a maximum amount each.

69BConstitutionU.K.

(1)A CIO's constitution shall state—

(a)its name,

(b)its purposes,

(c)whether its principal office is in England or in Wales, and

(d)whether or not its members are liable to contribute to its assets if it is wound up, and (if they are) up to what amount.

(2)A CIO's constitution shall make provision—

(a)about who is eligible for membership, and how a person becomes a member,

(b)about the appointment of one or more persons who are to be charity trustees of the CIO, and about any conditions of eligibility for appointment, and

(c)containing directions about the application of property of the CIO on its dissolution.

(3)A CIO's constitution shall also provide for such other matters, and comply with such requirements, as are specified in regulations made by the Minister.

(4)A CIO's constitution—

(a)shall be in English if its principal office is in England,

(b)may be in English or in Welsh if its principal office is in Wales.

(5)A CIO's constitution shall be in the form specified in regulations made by the Commission, or as near to that form as the circumstances admit.

(6)Subject to anything in a CIO's constitution: a charity trustee of the CIO may, but need not, be a member of it; a member of the CIO may, but need not, be one of its charity trustees; and those who are members of the CIO and those who are its charity trustees may, but need not, be identical.

69CName and statusU.K.

[F2(1)The name of a CIO must appear in legible characters—

(a)in every location, and in every description of document or communication, in which a charitable company would be required by regulations under section 82 of the Companies Act 2006 to state its registered name; and

(b)in all conveyances purporting to be executed by the CIO.]

(2)In [F3subsection (1)(b)] , “conveyance” means any instrument creating, transferring, varying or extinguishing an interest in land.

(3)Subsection (5) applies if the name of a CIO does not include—

(a)“charitable incorporated organisation”, or

(b)CIO”, with or without full stops after each letter, or

(c)a Welsh equivalent mentioned in subsection (4) (but this option applies only if the CIO's constitution is in Welsh),

and it is irrelevant, in any such case, whether or not capital letters are used.

(4)The Welsh equivalents referred to in subsection (3)(c) are—

(a)“sefydliad elusennol corfforedig”, or

(b)“SEC”, with or without full stops after each letter.

(5)If this subsection applies, the fact that a CIO is a CIO shall be stated in legible characters in all the [F4locations, documents, communications and conveyances] mentioned in subsection (1).

(6)The statement required by subsection (5) shall be in English, except that in the case of a document which is otherwise wholly in Welsh, the statement may be in Welsh.

[F569CA.Civil consequences of failure to disclose name and statusU.K.

(1)This section applies to any legal proceedings brought by a CIO to enforce a right arising out of a contract or conveyance in connection with which there was a failure to comply with section 69C.

(2)The proceedings shall be dismissed if the defendant to the proceedings shows—

(a)that he has a claim against the claimant arising out of the contract or conveyance that he has been unable to pursue by reason of the failure to comply with section 69C, or

(b)that he has suffered some financial loss in connection with the contract or conveyance by reason of the failure to comply with that section,

unless the court before which the proceedings are brought is satisfied that it is just and equitable to permit the proceedings to continue.

(3)This section does not affect the right of any person to enforce such rights as he may have against another person in any proceedings brought by that person.]

69DOffences connected with name and statusU.K.

[F6(1)In the case of failure, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 69C an offence is committed by—

(a)every charity trustee of the CIO who is in default, and

(b)any other person who on the CIO’s behalf—

(i)signs or authorises the signing of the offending document, communication or conveyance, or

(ii)otherwise commits or authorises the offending act or omission.

(1A)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.

(1B)The reference in subsection (1) to a charity trustee being “in default”, and the reference in [F7subsection (1A)] to a daily default fine, have the same meaning as in the Companies Acts (see sections 1121 to 1123 and 1125 of the Companies Act 2006).]

F8(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)A person who holds any body out as being a CIO when it is not (however he does this) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(4)It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (3) to prove that he believed on reasonable grounds that the body was a CIO.]

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