Part 2

The Charity Commission and the Official Custodian for Charities

The Commission

Fees and other amounts payable to Commission
19
1
The Secretary of State may by regulations require the payment to the Commission of such fees as may be prescribed by the regulations in respect of—
a
the discharge by the Commission of such functions under the enactments relating to charities as may be so prescribed;
b
the inspection of the register of charities or of other material kept by the Commission under those enactments, or the provision of copies of or extracts from documents so kept.
2
Regulations under this section may—
a
confer, or provide for the conferring of, exemptions from liability to pay a prescribed fee;
b
provide for the remission or refunding of a prescribed fee (in whole or in part) in circumstances prescribed by the regulations.
3
The Commission may impose charges of such amounts as it considers reasonable in respect of the supply of any publications produced by it.
4
Any fees and other payments received by the Commission by virtue of this section are to be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
Words in s. 19(1) substituted (9.11.2016) by The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 25(2)(a) (with art. 12)