Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 1734
Charities, England And Wales
The Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Made
2nd July 2012
Laid before Parliament
9th July 2012
Coming into force
1st September 2012
The Minister for the Cabinet Office makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 30(2)(c) of the Charities Act 2011(1):
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st September 2012.
Amendment of the Charities (Exception from Registration) Regulations 1996
2.—(1) The Charities (Exception from Registration) Regulations 1996(2) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4(1) (temporary exception of certain religious charities connected with certain bodies) for “until 1st October 2012” substitute “until 31st March 2014”.
Revocation
3. In the Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2007(3) regulation 2(a) is revoked.
Nick Hurd
Parliamentary Secretary
Cabinet Office
2nd July 2012
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Charities (Exception from Registration) Regulations 1996. They extend the temporary exception granted to certain religious charities from the requirement to be registered under the Charities Act 2011. The 1996 Regulations were made under the Charities Act 1993, which is consolidated in the Charities Act 2011. The exception was originally due to expire on 1st March 2001 but was extended until 1st October 2002, then until 1st October 2007, and was most recently extended by the Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 until 1st October 2012. These Regulations further extend the temporary exception until 31st March 2014.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.
2011 c.25. For the definition of “the Minister” see section 353.
S.I. 1996/180, amended by S.I. 2007/2655. S.I. 1996/180 has effect as if done under section 30(2)(c) of the Charities Act 2011 by virtue of Schedule 8, Part 1, paragraph 4 to that Act.