PART 3Charity names
I1I225Working names etc
In section 42 of the Charities Act 2011 (power to require name to be changed)—
a
in the heading, after “name” insert “or working name”
;
b
for subsection (1) substitute—
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.
c
in subsection (2)—
i
for paragraph (a) and the words before it substitute—
2
The 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,
ii
in paragraph (b), for “the name” substitute “that the name or working name”
;
iii
in paragraph (c), for “the name” substitute “that the name or working name”
;
iv
in paragraph (c), for “its name” substitute “the name or working name”
;
v
in paragraph (d), for “the name of the charity” substitute “that the name or working name”
;
vi
in paragraph (e), for “the name of the charity” substitute “that the name or working name”
;
d
omit subsection (3);
e
for subsection (4) substitute—
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.