Part 4E+WRegistration and names of charities

Registration: duties of trustees and claims and objectionsE+W

35Duties of trustees in connection with registrationE+W

(1)If a charity required to be registered by virtue of section 30(1) is not registered, the charity trustees must—

(a)apply to the Commission for the charity to be registered, and

(b)supply the Commission with the required documents and information.

(2)The required documents and information are—

(a)copies of the charity's trusts or (if they are not set out in any extant document) particulars of them,

(b)such other documents or information as may be prescribed by regulations made by the [F1Secretary of State], and

(c)such other documents or information as the Commission may require for the purposes of the application.

(3)If an institution is for the time being registered, the charity trustees (or the last charity trustees) must—

(a)notify the Commission if the institution ceases to exist, or if there is any change in its trusts or in the particulars of it entered in the register, and

(b)so far as appropriate, supply the Commission with particulars of any such change and copies of any new trusts or alterations of the trusts.

(4)Nothing in subsection (3) requires a person—

(a)to supply the Commission with copies of schemes for the administration of a charity made otherwise than by the court,

(b)to notify the Commission of any change made with respect to a registered charity by such a scheme, or

(c)if the person refers the Commission to a document or copy already in the Commission's possession, to supply a further copy of the document.