The Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 55

Charities, England And Wales

The Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Made

18th January 2021

Laid before Parliament

19th January 2021

Coming into force

31st March 2021

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by section 30(2)(c) of the Charities Act 2011(1), makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 31st March 2021.

Amendment to 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 31st March 2021” substitute “until 31st March 2031”.

Revocation

3.  The Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2014(3) are revoked.

Barran

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

18th January 2021

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 by successive statutory instruments until 31st March 2021. These Regulations further extend the temporary exception until 31st March 2031.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.

(1)

2011 c.25, amended by S.I. 2016/997.

(2)

S.I. 1996/180; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/2655, 2012/3012, 2014/242. 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.

(3)

S.I. 2014/242.