Textual Amendments
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.
(1)A charity trustee of a CIO or a person on the CIO's behalf who issues or authorises the issue of any document referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (d) or (e) of section 69C(1) above which fails to comply with the requirements of section 69C(1), (5) or (6) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(2)A charity trustee of a CIO or a person on the CIO's behalf who signs or authorises to be signed on behalf of the CIO any document referred to in paragraph (c) of section 69C(1) above which fails to comply with the requirements of section 69C(1), (5) or (6)—
(a)is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, and
(b)is personally liable to the holder of the bill of exchange (etc.) for the amount of it, unless it is duly paid by the CIO.
(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.]