Charities Act 1993

29 (1) The Charities Act 1992 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 29(2)(b) after “Act” there shall be inserted “or section 18 of the Charities Act 1993”.

(3) In section 30(1)(b) after “Act” there shall be inserted “or section 22(1) of the Charities Act 1993”.

(4) In section 30(3)(a) after “Act” there shall be inserted “or section 18 of the Charities Act 1993”.

(5) In section 58(1), in the definition of “charity” for “the Charities Act 1960” there shall be substituted “the Charities Act 1993” and in the definition of “company” for the words after “section” there shall be substituted “97 of the Charities Act 1993”.

(6) In section 63(2) for “section 4 of the Charities Act 1960” there shall be substituted “section 3 of the Charities Act 1993”.

(7) In section 72 for subsection (5) there shall be substituted—

“(5) Section 89(1), (2) and (4) of the Charities Act 1993 (provisions as to orders made by the Commissioners) shall apply to an order made by them under this section as it applies to an order made by them under that Act.

(6) In this section “charity” and “charitable purposes” have the same meaning as in that Act.”

(8) In section 74 after subsection (3) there shall be inserted—

“(3A) Any person who knowingly or recklessly provides the Commissioners with information which is false or misleading in a material particular shall be guilty of an offence if the information is provided in circumstances in which he intends, or could reasonably be expected to know, that it would be used by them for the purpose of discharging their functions under section 72.

(3B) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3A) shall be liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;

(b) on conviction or indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or both.”