Charities Act 2011 (c. 25)

Part 11 E+W Charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs)

CHAPTER 1 E+W General

Formation and registration of CIO E+W

208 Cases where application must or may be refused E+W

(1) The Commission must refuse an application under section 207 if—

(a) it is not satisfied that the CIO would be a charity at the time it would be registered, or

(b) the CIO's proposed constitution does not comply with one or more of the requirements of section 206 (constitution of CIOs) and any regulations made under that section.

(2) The Commission may refuse such an application if—

(a) the proposed name of the CIO—

(i) is the same as, or

(ii) is in the opinion of the Commission too like,

the name [F1 or a working name] of any other charity (whether registered or not), or

(b) the Commission is of the opinion referred to in any of paragraphs (b) to (e) of section 42(2) (power to require charity's name [F2 or working name] to be changed) in relation to the proposed name of the CIO (reading paragraph (b) as referring to the proposed purposes of the CIO and to the activities which it is proposed it should carry on).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 208(2) inserted (14.6.2023) by Charities Act 2022 (c. 6), s. 41(4), Sch. 2 para. 33(a); S.I. 2023/643, Sch. para. 20(p)

F2 Words in s. 208(2)(b) inserted (14.6.2023) by Charities Act 2022 (c. 6), s. 41(4), Sch. 2 para. 33(b); S.I. 2023/643, Sch. para. 20(p)