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.