SCHEDULE 2TRANSITIONAL AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS

PART 2JURISDICTION OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION AND COURT IN RELATION TO NEW EXEMPT AND FORMERLY EXEMPT CHARITIES

CHAPTER 1NEW EXEMPT CHARITIES

Inquiries under section 8 of the 1993 Act relating to new exempt charities6

1

The Charity Commission may for the purpose of any relevant inquiry continue to treat a new exempt charity as if it had not become an exempt charity.

2

The Charity Commission must notify the principal regulator of the relevant exempt charity of any decision to continue any inquiry with regard to that charity.

3

In this paragraph “relevant inquiry” means, in relation to a new exempt charity, an inquiry which was instituted under section 8 of the 1993 Act—

a

before the appointed day; and

b

with regard to that charity or a class of charities into which it falls.