Part 15

Local charities

Indexes and reviews etc.

Reviews of local charities by local authority
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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.