2002 No. 1598

CHARITIES

The Charities (Exception From Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 3(5) and (13) of the Charities Act 19931, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st August 2002.

Amendment of the Charities (Exception from Registration) Regulations 19962

1

The Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 19962 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 4(1) (temporary exception of certain religious charities connected with certain bodies) for the words “until 1st October 2002” substitute “until 1st October 2007”.

Revocation of 2001 Regulations3

The Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 20013 are hereby revoked.

FilkinParliamentary Under-Secretary of StateHome Office

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations extend the temporary exception presently granted to certain religious charities from the requirement to be registered under the Charities Act 1993. The temporary exception, which would originally have expired on 1st March 2001, was extended until 1st October 2002 by the Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2001. These Regulations extend the temporary exception until 1st October 2007 (and revoke the 2001 Regulations).