Charities Act 2011

249Meaning of “connected person”E+W

(1)This section applies for the purposes of sections 226(2)(c), 237(5)(c) and 242(3)(c).

(2)The following persons are connected with a charity trustee or member of a CIO—

(a)a child, parent, grandchild, grandparent, brother or sister of the trustee or member;

(b)the spouse or civil partner of the trustee or member or of any person falling within paragraph (a);

(c)a person carrying on business in partnership with the trustee or member or with any person falling within paragraph (a) or (b);

(d)an institution which is controlled—

(i)by the trustee or member or by any person falling within paragraph (a), (b) or (c), or

(ii)by two or more persons falling within sub-paragraph (i), when taken together.

(e)a body corporate in which—

(i)the trustee or member or any connected person falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (c) has a substantial interest, or

(ii)two or more persons falling within sub-paragraph (i), when taken together, have a substantial interest.

(3)Sections 350 to 352 (meaning of child, spouse, civil partner, controlled institution and substantial interest) apply for the purposes of subsection (2).