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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Charities Act 1960 (c.58)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

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Charities Act 1960

1960 CHAPTER 58 8_and_9_Eliz_2

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    1. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 3.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. Part II

    1. Registration of charities

      1. 4.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 5. Effect of, and claims and objections to registration

    2. Powers of Commissioners and Minister to obtain information, etc

      1. 6.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 7.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 8. Receipt and audit of accounts of charities

      4. 9.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. Powers of local authorities and of charity trustees

      1. 10.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 11.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. Part III

    Application of property cy-pres, and assistance and supervision of charities by court and central authorities

    1. Extended powers of court, and variation of charters

      1. 13.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 15.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. Property vested in official custodian

      1. 16.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 17.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. Powers of Commissioners and Minister to make schemes, etc

      1. 18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 20.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 20A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 21.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      6. 21A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. Establishment of common investment funds

      1. 22.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 22A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. Miscellaneous powers of Commissioners and Minister

      1. 23.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 23A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 24.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 25.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 26.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      6. 26A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      7. 27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. Miscellaneous

      1. 28. Taking of legal proceedings

      2. 28A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 29.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 30.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 30A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      6. 30B.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      7. 30BA.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      8. 30BB.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      9. 30C.—.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      10. 31.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  4. Part IV

    Miscellaneous provisions as to charities and their affairs

    1. 32.General obligation to keep accounts

    2. 33.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 34.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 35. Transfer and evidence of title to property vested in trustees

    5. 36.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 37.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    7. 38. Repeal of law of mortmain

    8. 39. Repeal of obsolete enactments

  5. Part V

    Supplementary

    1. 40. Miscellaneous provisions as to orders of Commissioners or Minister

    2. 40A. Service of orders and directions under this Act

    3. 41. Enforcement of orders of Commissioners or Minister

    4. 42.Appeals from Commissioners or Minister

    5. 43.Regulations

    6. 44. Expenses

    7. 45. Construction of references to a “charity” or to particular classes of charity

    8. 46.(1). Other definitions

    9. 47.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    10. 48. Consequential amendments, general repeal and transitional provisions

    11. 49. Short title, extent and commencement

  6. FIRST SCHEDULE

    Constitution, etc., of Charity Commissioners

  7. SECOND SCHEDULE

    Exempt Charities

  8. THIRD SCHEDULE

    Enlargement of Areas of Local Charities

  9. FOURTH SCHEDULE

    Court’s Jurisdiction over Certain Charities Governed by or under Statute

  10. FIFTH-SCHEDULE

  11. SIXTH-SCHEDULE

    Consequential Amendments

  12. SEVENTH-SCHEDULE

An Act to replace with new provisions the Charitable Trusts Acts, 1853 to 1939, and other enactments relating to charities, to repeal the mortmain Acts, to make further provision as to the powers exercisable by or with respect to charities or with respect to gifts to charity, and for purposes connected therewith.

[29th July 1960]F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Act repealed (1.8.1993) except ss. 28(9), 35(6), 38(3)-(5), 39(2), 48, 49, Sch. 6 by 1993 c. 10, ss. 98(2), 99(1), Sch.7 (with savings (temp) in s. 99(3), Sch. 8 Pt. I)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act extended by Pastoral Measure 1983 (No. 1, SIF 21:4), ss. 55(1), 94(2)

C2Act amended by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(1), Sch. 12 paras. 10, 63, 64(1)(2)

Act amended (30.9.1992) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93(1), Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 69(1); S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 2

C3Act: definition of "charity" applied (22.10.1991) by Birmingham City Council Act 1991 (c. xvii), s. 2.

Extent Information

E1For the extent of this Act see s. 49(2)

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