Part 2The Charity Commission and the Official Custodian for Charities
The Commission
15The Commission's general functions
1
The Commission has the following general functions—
1
Determining whether institutions are or are not charities.
2
Encouraging and facilitating the better administration of charities.
3
Identifying and investigating apparent misconduct or mismanagement in the administration of charities and taking remedial or protective action in connection with misconduct or mismanagement in the administration of charities.
4
Determining whether public collections certificates should be issued, and remain in force, in respect of public charitable collections.
5
Obtaining, evaluating and disseminating information in connection with the performance of any of the Commission's functions or meeting any of its objectives.
6
Giving information or advice, or making proposals, to any Minister of the Crown on matters relating to any of the Commission's functions or meeting any of its objectives.
2
The Commission may, in connection with its second general function, give such advice or guidance with respect to the administration of charities as it considers appropriate.
3
Any advice or guidance so given may relate to—
a
charities generally,
b
any class of charities, or
c
any particular charity,
and may take such form, and be given in such manner, as the Commission considers appropriate.
4
The Commission's fifth general function includes (among other things) the maintenance of an accurate and up-to-date register of charities under sections 29 (the register) and 34 (removal of charities from register).
5
The Commission's sixth general function includes (among other things) complying, so far as is reasonably practicable, with any request made by a Minister of the Crown for information or advice on any matter relating to any of its functions.
6
In this section “public charitable collection” and “public collections certificate” have the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the Charities Act 2006.