Charities Act 1992 : Chapter 41.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
[1992]
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: Charities Act 1992 : Chapter 41. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Part I (6) Subsection (9) (which is superseded by section 54(2) below) shall be omitted. Power of 7.—(1) Section 7 of the 1960 Act (power to call for documents and eeahearne to search records) shall be amended as follows. obtain information and (2) For subsection (1) there shall be substituted— documents. ae: “(1) The Commissioners may by order— (a) require any person to furnish them with any information in his possession which relates to any charity and is relevant to the discharge of their functions or of the functions of the official custodian for charities; (b) require any person who has in his custody or under his control any document which relates to any charity and is relevant to the discharge of their functions or of the functions of the official custodian for charities— (i) to furnish them with a copy of or extract from the document, or (ii) (unless the document forms part of the records or other documents of a court or of a public or local authority) to transmit the document itself to them for their inspection.” (3) Subsection (4) (exemption for person claiming to hold property adversely to a charity) shall be omitted. (4) At the end of the section there shall be added— (6) The rights conferred by subsection (2) above shall, in relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, include the right to require the information to be made available in legible form for inspection or for a copy or extract to be made of or from it.” Power to act for 8.—(1) Section 20 of the 1960 Act (power to act for protection of paras of charities) shall be amended as follows. charities. (2) For subsection (1) there shall be substituted— “(1) Where, at any time after they have instituted an inquiry under section 6 of this Act with respect to any charity, the Commissioners are satisfied— (a) that there is or has been any misconduct or mismanagement in the administration of the charity; or (b) that it is necessary or desirable to act for the purpose of protecting the property of the charity or securing a proper application for the purposes of the charity of that property or of property coming to the charity; the Commissioners may of their own motion do one or more of the following things, namely— (i) by order suspend any trustee, charity trustee, officer, agent or employee of the charity from the exercise of his office or employment pending consideration being given to his removal (whether under this section or otherwise);