The Charities Act 2006 (Changes in Exempt Charities) Order 2010 No. 500

SCHEDULE 2 TRANSITIONAL AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS

PART 2 JURISDICTION OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION AND COURT IN RELATION TO NEW EXEMPT AND FORMERLY EXEMPT CHARITIES

CHAPTER 1 NEW EXEMPT CHARITIES

Power to act for the protection of charities

7.—(1) The Charity Commission may take any action, on or after the appointed day, in relation to—

(a) a new exempt charity which is or was the subject of a relevant inquiry; or

(b) the charity trustees of such a charity,

that it could take under the 1993 Act in relation to a charity which is not an exempt charity or (as the case may be) the charity trustees of a charity that is not an exempt charity.

(2) The Charity Commission must notify the principal regulator of the relevant new exempt charity of any action taken in reliance on sub-paragraph (1) above.

(3) In this paragraph “relevant inquiry” has the meaning given by paragraph 6.