The Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 260

CHARITIES

The Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

Made

1st February 2001

Laid before Parliament

5th February 2001

Coming into force

28th February 2001

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 3(5) and (13) of the Charities Act 1993(1), hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 28th February 2001.

Amendment of the Charities (Exception from Registration) Regulations 1996

2.—(1) The Charities (Exception from Registration) Regulations 1996(2) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4(1) (temporary exception of certain religious charities connected with certain bodies), for the words “until 1st March 2001”, substitute “until 1st October 2002”.

Paul Boateng

Minister of State

Home Office

1st February 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations extend the temporary exception presently granted to certain religious charities from the requirement to be registered under the Charities Act 1993. The temporary exception, which would have expired on 1st March 2001, is extended until 1st October 2002.

(2)

S.I. 1996/180.