Part II Registration and Names of Charities

Registration of charities

3F1Register of charities

1

There shall continue to be a register of charities, which shall be kept by the Commission.

2

The register shall be kept by the Commission in such manner as it thinks fit.

3

The register shall contain—

a

the name of every charity registered in accordance with section 3A below (registration), and

b

such other particulars of, and such other information relating to, every such charity as the Commission thinks fit.

4

The Commission shall remove from the register—

a

any institution which it no longer considers is a charity, and

b

any charity which has ceased to exist or does not operate.

5

If the removal of an institution under subsection (4)(a) above is due to any change in its trusts, the removal shall take effect from the date of that change.

6

A charity which is for the time being registered under section 3A(6) below (voluntary registration) shall be removed from the register if it so requests.

7

The register (including the entries cancelled when institutions are removed from the register) shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.

8

Where any information contained in the register is not in documentary form, subsection (7) above shall be construed as requiring the information to be available for public inspection in legible form at all reasonable times.

9

If the Commission so determines, subsection (7) shall not apply to any particular information contained in the register that is specified in the determination.

10

Copies (or particulars) of the trusts of any registered charity as supplied to the Commission under section 3B below (applications for registration etc.) shall, so long as the charity remains on the register—

a

be kept by the Commission, and

b

be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.