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.