219Limits to s.218
(1)Nothing in section 218 prevents a person from bringing proceedings to restrain the doing of an act which would be—
(a)beyond the CIO’s constitutional capacity, or
(b)beyond the constitutional powers of the CIO’s charity trustees.
(2)But no such proceedings may be brought in respect of an act to be done in fulfilment of a legal obligation arising from a previous act of the CIO.
(3)Subsection (2) does not prevent the Commission from exercising any of its powers.
(4)Nothing in section 218(2) affects any liability incurred by the CIO’s charity trustees (or any one of them) for acting beyond their (or that charity trustee’s) constitutional powers.
(5)Nothing in section 218 absolves the CIO’s charity trustees from their duty to act within the CIO’s constitution and in accordance with any constitutional limitations on their powers.