Part 4Registration and names of charities

Registration: duties of trustees and claims and objections

C135Duties of trustees in connection with registration

1

If a charity required to be registered by virtue of section 30(1) is not registered, the charity trustees must—

a

apply to the Commission for the charity to be registered, and

b

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 F1Secretary of State, and

c

such other documents or information as the Commission may require for the purposes of the application.

3

If an institution is for the time being registered, the charity trustees (or the last charity trustees) must—

a

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, 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) 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 the person refers the Commission to a document or copy already in the Commission's possession, to supply a further copy of the document.