Charities Act 2011

246 Power to make further provision about CIOs E+W

(1) CIO regulations may make further provision about applications for registration of CIOs, the administration of CIOs, the conversion of charitable companies, registered societies and community interest companies into CIOs, the amalgamation of CIOs, and in relation to CIOs generally.

(2) The regulations may, in particular, make provision about—

(a) the execution of deeds and documents;

(b) the electronic communication of messages or documents relevant to a CIO or to any dealing with the Commission in relation to one;

(c) the maintenance of registers of members and of charity trustees;

(d) the maintenance of other registers (for example, a register of charges over the CIO's assets).

(3) The regulations may—

(a) apply any enactment which would not otherwise apply, either without modification or with modifications specified in the regulations,

(b) disapply, or modify (in ways specified in the regulations) the application of, any enactment which would otherwise apply.

(4) The regulations may, in relation to charities constituted as CIOs—

(a) disapply any of sections 29 to 38 (registration of charities),

(b) modify the application of any of those sections in ways specified in the regulations.

(5) In subsection (3), “enactment” includes a provision of subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978.