Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Scottish Charity Register (Transitional) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st April 2006.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Charities and Trustee Investment Act (Scotland) Act 2005.
Scottish Charity Register
2. Section 3(3) of the Act is disapplied until 23rd August 2007 in relation to any body entered in the Register by virtue of section 99(1) of the Act.
Unregistered Charitable Bodies
3. An unregistered charitable body may, despite any contrary provision in the Act, refer to itself as a charity until 23rd February 2007.
MALCOLM CHISHOLM
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
31st March 2006