Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 3139

CHARITIES

The Exempt Charities Order 1999

Made

24th November 1999

Coming into force

1st March 2000

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of November 1999

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in pursuance of paragraph (c) of Schedule 2 to the Charities Act 1993(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Exempt Charities Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st March 2000.

2.  South Bank University is hereby declared to be an exempt charity for the purposes of the Charities Act 1993.

A. K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order declares South Bank University to be an exempt charity within the meaning of the Charities Act 1993 with effect from 1st March 2000. An exempt charity is not required to be registered with the Charity Commissioners and the Commissioners cannot exercise any powers under the Act in relation to an exempt charity except at the charity’s request.