(1)The council of a county [F1or county borough]or of a district or London borough and the Common Council of the City of London may, subject to the following provisions of this section, initiate, and carry out in co-operation with the charity trustees, a review of the working of any group of local charities with the same or similar purposes in the council’s area, and may make to [F2the Commission] such report on the review and such recommendations arising from it as the council after consultation with the trustees think fit.
(2)A council having power to initiate reviews under this section may co-operate with other persons in any review by them of the working of local charities in the council’s area (with or without other charities), or may join with other persons in initiating and carrying out such a review.
(3)No review initiated by a council under this section shall extend to any charity without the consent of the charity trustees, nor to any ecclesiastical charity.
(4)No review initiated under this section by the council of a district shall extend to the working in any county of a local charity established for purposes similar or complementary to any services provided by county councils unless the review so extends with the consent of the council of that county.
[F3(4A)Subsection (4) above does not apply in relation to Wales.]
(5)Subsections (4) and (5) of section 76 above shall apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 77(1) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 101(2) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F2Words in s. 77(1) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 160; S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F3S. 77(4A) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 101(2) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 76-78 extended (with modifications) (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 48, ss. 70, 125(2), Sch. 9 para. 15 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)