PART 11CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONS

Nature and constitution

106Constitution

1

A CIO's constitution shall state—

a

its name,

b

its purposes, and

c

whether or not its members are liable to contribute to its assets if it is wound up, and (if they are) up to what amount.

2

A CIO's constitution shall make provision—

a

about who is eligible for membership, and how a person becomes a member,

b

about the appointment of one or more persons who are to be charity trustees of the CIO, and about any conditions of eligibility for appointment, and

c

containing directions about the application of property of the CIO on its dissolution.

3

A CIO's constitution shall also provide for such other matters, and comply with such requirements, as are specified in regulations made by the Department.

4

A CIO's constitution shall be in the form specified in regulations made by the Commission, or as near to that form as the circumstances admit.

5

Subject to anything in a CIO's constitution: a charity trustee of the CIO may, but need not, be a member of it; a member of the CIO may, but need not, be one of its charity trustees; and those who are members of the CIO and those who are its charity trustees may, but need not, be identical.