Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023

2 Inclusion of names of charity trustees in the Scottish Charity Register

(1) The 2005 Act is modified as follows.

(2) In section 3 (Scottish Charity Register)—

(a) in subsection (3), after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) the name of each of its charity trustees,”,

(b) for subsection (4) substitute—

“(4) Despite subsection (3)(aa) and (b), OSCR must exclude any information of the type specified in those provisions from a charity’s entry in the Register where—

(a) the information is the subject of an application for exclusion (whether as part of the application for the entry of a body in the Register or, subsequently, by a charity or any of its trustees), and

(b) OSCR is satisfied that including the information in the entry would be likely to jeopardise the safety or security of any person or premises.”.

(3) In section 17(1) (notification of other changes)—

(a) in paragraph (a)(ii), for “of the charity trustee specified in the Register” substitute “specified in the Register in accordance with section 3(3)(b)”,

(b) in paragraph (b), at the end insert “(or which would, but for section 3(4), be so specified)”.

(4) In section 71(b) (decisions), for “3(3)(b)” substitute “3(3)(aa) or (b)”.