Part II Registration and Names of Charities
Registration of charities
3BF1Duties of trustees in connection with registration
1
Where a charity required to be registered by virtue of section 3A(1) above is not registered, it is the duty of the charity trustees—
a
to apply to the Commission for the charity to be registered, and
b
to supply the Commission with the required documents and information.
2
The “required documents and information” are—
a
copies of the charity's trusts or (if they are not set out in any extant document) particulars of them,
b
such other documents or information as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Minister, and
c
such other documents or information as the Commission may require for the purposes of the application.
3
Where an institution is for the time being registered, it is the duty of the charity trustees (or the last charity trustees)—
a
to notify the Commission if the institution ceases to exist, or if there is any change in its trusts or in the particulars of it entered in the register, and
b
(so far as appropriate), to supply the Commission with particulars of any such change and copies of any new trusts or alterations of the trusts.
4
Nothing in subsection (3) above requires a person—
a
to supply the Commission with copies of schemes for the administration of a charity made otherwise than by the court,
b
to notify the Commission of any change made with respect to a registered charity by such a scheme, or
c
if he refers the Commission to a document or copy already in the possession of the Commission, to supply a further copy of the document.
5
Where a copy of a document relating to a registered charity—
a
is not required to be supplied to the Commission as the result of subsection (4) above, but
b
is in the possession of the Commission,
a copy of the document shall be open to inspection under section 3(10) above as if supplied to the Commission under this section.