Part 1Charities
Chapter 7Scottish charitable incorporated organisations
Nature and constitution
50Constitution and powers
(1)
A SCIO's constitution must state its name and its purposes.
(2)
A SCIO's constitution must make provision—
(a)
about who is eligible for membership, and how a person becomes a member, and
(b)
for the appointment of 3 or more persons (“charity trustees”) who are to be charged with the general control of the SCIO's administration, and about any conditions of eligibility for becoming a charity trustee.
(3)
A SCIO's constitution must also provide for such other matters, and comply with such requirements, as are specified in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.
(4)
A SCIO must use and apply its property in furtherance of its purposes and in accordance with its constitution.
(5)
Subject to anything in its constitution, a SCIO has power to do anything which is calculated to further its purposes or is conducive or incidental to doing so.
(6)
For the purposes of managing the affairs of a SCIO, its charity trustees may exercise all the SCIO's powers.