Part 4E+WRegistration and names of charities

[F1Names and working names]E+W

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42Power to require name [F2or working name] to be changedE+W

[F3(1)If one or more of the conditions in subsection (2) are met in relation to the name or a working name of a charity, the Commission may give a direction—

(a)requiring the name of the charity to be changed to a name determined by the charity trustees with the approval of the Commission, or

(b)requiring that that working name of the charity no longer be used as a working name (as the case may be).

(1A)A direction given under this section must specify the period within which the charity is to comply with the direction.]

(2)[F4The conditions are—

(a)that the name or working name is the same as, or in the opinion of the Commission too like, the name or a working name of another charity,]

(b)[F5that the name or working name] of the charity is in the opinion of the Commission likely to mislead the public as to the true nature of—

(i)the purposes of the charity as set out in its trusts, or

(ii)the activities which the charity carries on under its trusts in pursuit of those purposes,

(c)[F6that the name or working name] of the charity includes any word or expression for the time being specified in regulations made by the [F7Secretary of State] and the inclusion in [F8the name or working name] of that word or expression is in the opinion of the Commission likely to mislead the public in any respect as to the status of the charity,

(d)[F9that the name or working name] is in the opinion of the Commission likely to give the impression that the charity is connected in some way with Her Majesty's Government or any local authority, or with any other body of persons or any individual, when it is not so connected, or

(e)[F10that the name or working name] is in the opinion of the Commission offensive.

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[F12(4)In this Act, any reference to a working name of a charity is a reference to a name that is not the name of the charity but which is used to designate the charity and under which activities of the charity are carried out.]

(5)Any direction given under this section with respect to a charity must be given to the charity trustees.

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