Transitional and savings provision3

1

Notwithstanding the repeal of sections 3, 4, 5 and 15(1) to (8) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 19902 by the coming into force of paragraph 7(b) of Schedule 4 to the Act on 1st April 2006, those provisions of the 1990 Act and the following Regulations and Orders–

a

the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 19923;

b

the Charities (Exemptions from Accounting Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 19934;

c

the Charities (Exemptions from Accounting Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 19955;

d

the Charities (Exemption from Accounting Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 20006;

e

the Charities (Designated Religious Bodies) (Scotland) Order 19937;

f

the Charities (Designated Religious Bodies) (Scotland) Order 20058,

shall continue to apply to a charity in relation to accounts for a financial year beginning before 1st April 2006.

2

The following provisions of the Act shall not apply to a designated religious body until 1st October 2007–

a

subsections (1) to (6) of section 16 (in so far as those subsections relate to any action set out in subsection (2)(b) to (d) of that section);

b

section 28(3);

c

section 31(4) and (6);

d

section 34(5)(c) to (e);

e

section 69.

3

Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to a designated religious body which has been designated as a designated religious charity under section 65 of the Act.

4

In this article, “designated religious body” means a body designated as such in either the Charities (Designated Religious Bodies) (Scotland) Order 1993 or the Charities (Designated Religious Bodies) (Scotland) Order 2005, and those Orders and section 3 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 shall continue to apply for the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article notwithstanding the repeal of that section.