The Charities (The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty) Order 1994

APPENDIX SCHEME FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CHARITY CALLED THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR NATURAL BEAUTY

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(1);

(2) The National Trust Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1919(2);

(3) The National Trust Act 1937(3);

(4) The National Trust Act 1939(4);

(5) The National Trust Act 1953(5);

(6) The National Trust Act 1971(6);

(7) The Charities (National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty) Order 1975(7):

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:

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.

(1)

1907 c.cxxxvi (Local and Private).

(2)

1919 c.lxxxiv.

(3)

1937 c.lvii.

(4)

1939 c.lxxxvi.

(5)

1953 c.vii.

(6)

1971 c.vi.

(7)

S.I. 1975/1155.