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This Order amends the Charities Act 1992 (c. 41) (“the 1992 Act”), the Charities Act 2011 (c. 25) (“the 2011 Act”) and the Charities Act 2011 (Group Accounts) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/322) by substituting the sums specified in the Order. The effect of the Order is to increase the financial thresholds which trigger some of the regulatory requirements applying to charities.
Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Notification Requirements: Social Housing) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
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These Regulations amend the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Notification Requirements: Social Housing) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1311) (“the principal Regulations”) which make provision related to certain constitutional and other business changes of private registered providers of social housing that are charitable incorporated organisations (“CIOs”), that wish to become CIOs, or that enter into transactions that involve CIOs. They are made to clarify the drafting of two provisions in regulation 4 of the principal Regulations.
Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Notification Requirements: Social Housing) Regulations 2023
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These Regulations make provision related to certain constitutional and other business changes of private registered providers of social housing (“PRPs”) that are charitable incorporated organisations (“CIOs”) or involve CIOs. They require PRPs to notify the Regulator of Social Housing (“the Regulator”) of such changes. They also impose requirements on PRPs that are CIOs (“relevant CIOs”) and others to notify the Charity Commission for England and Wales (“the Commission”) that the RSH has been so notified, and make related provision.
Charities (Dispositions of Land: Designated Advisers and Reports) Regulations 2023
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These Regulations relate to the reports that charity trustees must obtain in order to meet requirements under section 119 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”) before they may dispose of land held by or in trust for the charity.
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This Order gives effect to the Charity Commission’s Scheme for the administration of the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (“the College”), a charity regulated by the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Act 1985; this Order amends that Act.
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The Secretary of State has the power, under section 23 of the Charities Act 2011 (c. 25) (“the Act”), to amend Schedule 3 to the Act to confer exempt charity status on a particular charity, and to prescribe the principal regulator of an exempt charity under section 25 of the Act.
Charities (Exception from Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
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These Regulations amend the Charities (Exception from Registration) Regulations 1996. They extend the temporary exception granted to certain religious charities from the requirement to be registered under the Charities Act 2011. The 1996 Regulations were made under the Charities Act 1993, which is consolidated in the Charities Act 2011. The exception was originally due to expire on 1st March 2001 but was extended by successive statutory instruments until 31st March 2021. These Regulations further extend the temporary exception until 31st March 2031.
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These Regulations revoke and supersede the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Insolvency and Dissolution) (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. 2020/710).
Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Insolvency and Dissolution) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
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These Regulations amend the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Insolvency and Dissolution) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3013) to make the necessary modifications and substitutions consequent upon the application to Charitable Incorporated Organisations (“CIOs”) of the provisions regarding moratoriums made by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (2020 c. 12).
Insolvency Act 1986 Part A1 Moratorium (Eligibility of Private Registered Providers) Regulations 2020
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These Regulations amend the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45) in order to ensure that Part A1 (Moratorium) of that Act does not apply in relation to companies which are private registered providers of social housing. They also make a consequential amendment to the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Insolvency and Dissolution) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3013).
Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Further Implementation etc.) Regulations 2019
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This Order amends Schedule 6 to the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”), which makes provision in respect of the circumstances in which an appeal might be brought to the First-tier or Upper Tribunal. This change is consequential to the coming into force of the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Conversion) Regulations 2017 which make provision for the conversion of a community interest company into a charitable incorporated organisation (“CIO”) and the CIO’s registration as a charity by virtue of section 234 of the Act.
Charities (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust) Order 2017