Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 210

Charities

The Exempt Charities Order 2015

Made

11th February 2015

Coming into force

12th February 2015

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of February 2015

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in pursuance of paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Charities Act 2011(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 2015 and shall come into force on 12th February 2015.

2.  University of St Mark and St John is hereby declared to be an exempt charity for the purposes of the Charities Act 2011.

Richard Tilbrook

Clerk of the Privy Council

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order declares University of St Mark and St John to be an exempt charity within the meaning of the Charities Act 2011 with effect from 12th February 2015. 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.