(1)A council may—
(a)subject to the following provisions of this section, initiate, and carry out in co-operation with the charity trustees, a review of the working of any group of local charities with the same or similar purposes in the council's area, and
(b)make to the Commission such report on the review and such recommendations arising from it as the council, after consultation with the trustees, think fit.
(2)A council having power to initiate reviews under this section may—
(a)co-operate with other persons in any review by them of the working of local charities in the council's area (with or without other charities), or
(b)join with other persons in initiating and carrying out such a review.
(3)No review initiated by a council under this section is to extend—
(a)to any charity without the consent of the charity trustees, or
(b)to any ecclesiastical charity.
(4)No review initiated under this section by a district council is to extend to the working in any county of a local charity established for purposes similar or complementary to any services provided by county councils unless the review so extends with the consent of the council of that county.
(5)Subsection (4) does not apply in relation to Wales.