Statutory Instruments
CHARITIES
Made
16th August 1994
Coming into force
30th August 1994
Whereas the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales have, in pursuance of subsection (1) of section 17 of the Charities Act 1993(1), settled the Scheme set out in the Appendix to this Order with a view to its being given effect under that section:
And Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and the period of forty days mentioned in section 6(1) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946(2) has expired, and neither House of Parliament has within that period resolved that the Order be not made:
Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 17(2) of the Charities Act 1993, I hereby make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Charities (The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty) Order 1994 and shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which it is made.
2. The Scheme set out in the Appendix to this Order shall have effect.
Michael Howard
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
16th August 1994
Whereas:
1. The Charity called the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty (hereinafter referred to as the National Trust) is now regulated by:
(1) The National Trust Act 1907(3);
(2) The National Trust Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1919(4);
(3) The National Trust Act 1937(5);
(4) The National Trust Act 1939(6);
(5) The National Trust Act 1953(7);
(6) The National Trust Act 1971(8);
(7) The Charities (National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty) Order 1975(9):
2. Application has been made to the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales by the National Trust for a Scheme for the administration thereof:
3. It appears to the Charity Commissioners that a Scheme should be established for the administration of the National Trust but that it is necessary for the Scheme to alter the provision made by the said Act of 1971:
4. In pursuance of section 20 of the Charities Act 1993 public notice of the Charity Commissioners' proposals for this Scheme has been given and no representations have been received by the Charity Commissioners in respect thereof:
Now, therefore, the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales, in pursuance of section 17(1) of the Charities Act 1993, hereby settle the following Scheme:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 3 and 21 of and paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the National Trust Act 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the 1971 Act), the accounts of the National Trust to be laid before an ordinary meeting of the National Trust shall be prepared annually in respect of periods commencing on the first day of March in one year and ending on the last day of February in the following year, or for such other period as the Charity Commissioners may from time to time by order direct.
2. Except as provided in clause 1 of this Scheme, the accounts to be laid before an ordinary meeting shall comply with the requirements of section 21 of the 1971 Act.
Sealed by Order of the Commissioners this
L.S.
2nd day of June 1994.
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners relating to the Charity called the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty. The Charity was founded for the preservation for the benefit of the nation of lands and tenements, including buildings, of beauty or historic interest and, as regards lands, for the preservation as far as practicable of their natural aspect, features and animal and plant life, also for the preservation of furniture, pictures and chattels of any description having national and historic or artistic interest.
The Charity was incorporated by Act of Parliament of 1907 and is now regulated by the National Trust Acts 1907 to 1971 and the Charities (National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty) Order 1975.
The Scheme provides for changes in the accounting periods under section 21 of the National Trust Act 1971 and enables the Charity Commissioners by order to direct that the accounts are to be prepared for a different period to the period specified in the Scheme.