Part 4

Registration and names of charities

Registration: duties of trustees and claims and objections

Duties of trustees in connection with registration
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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 Minister, 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.