Charities Act 1960

46 Other definitions

In this Act, except in so far as the context otherwise requires.—

• " Attorney General " means, in relation to proceedings in the court of chancery of the county palatine of Lancaster, the Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancaster and, in relation to proceedings in the court of chancery of the county palatine of Durham, the Attorney General of the county palatine of Durham ;

• " charitable purposes " means purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales;

• " charity trustees " means the persons having the general control and management of the administration of a charity;

• " the Commissioners " means the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales;

• " the county of London " means the administrative county of London;

• " the court " means the High Court and, within the limits of its jurisdiction, any other court in England or Wales having a jurisdiction in respect of charities concurrent (within any limit of area or amount) with that of the High Court, and includes any judge or officer of the court exercising the jurisdiction of the court;

• " institution " includes any trust or undertaking;

• " permanent endowment " shall, subject to subsection (9) of section twenty-two of this Act, be construed in accordance with subsection (3) of the last foregoing section ;

• " trusts," in relation to a charity, means the provisions establishing it as a charity and regulating its purposes and administration, whether those provisions take effect by way of trust or not, and in relation to other institutions has a corresponding meaning.