2020 No. 421

Charities

The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Meetings of Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Approved by the Scottish Parliament

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 2(2)(b) of schedule 14 of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 20201 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Meetings of Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 30 December 2020.

Amendment of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 20202

1

The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

2

In paragraph 2(1)(b) of schedule 14 (meaning of “relevant period”)2, in relation to a Scottish charitable incorporated organisation within the meaning of Chapter 7 of Part 1 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 20053, for “30 December 2020” substitute “30 March 2021”.

AILEEN CAMPBELLA member of the Scottish GovernmentSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the definition of “relevant period” in paragraph 2(1) of schedule 14 of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (“the Act”).

The Act makes provision about meetings of Scottish charitable incorporated organisations (“SCIOs”) to give them more flexibility as to when and how general meetings (such as annual general meetings) and some other meetings are held. The Act allows SCIOs to hold such meetings remotely (regardless of whether that is permitted by their constitutions) in the “relevant period”.

As currently defined the “relevant period” began with 26 March 2020 and would end with 30 December 2020. As amended by these Regulations the “relevant period” is the period which began with 26 March 2020 and will end with 30 March 2021.