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Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill

This Bill makes changes to the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005. It would:

  • give OSCR wider powers to investigate charities and charity trustees
  • amend the rules on who can be a charity trustee or a senior office-holder in a charity
  • increase the information that OSCR holds about charity trustees
  • update the information which needs to be included on the Scottish Charity Register
  • create a record of charities that have merged

The Bill was passed on 28 June 2023 and became an Act on 09 August 2023

Contents

Introduced

The Scottish Government introduces the Bill and accompanying documents to the Parliament which publishes the Bill.

The Bill was introduced on 15 November 2022

Bill as introduced

Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill as introduced (2MB, pdf) posted 15 November 2022

Related information from the Scottish Government on the bill

Explanatory Notes

Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill explanatory notes (322KB, pdf) posted 15 November 2022

Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill explanatory notes (print version) (436KB, pdf) posted 15 November 2022

Explanation of the Bill

Policy Memorandum

Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill policy memorandum (341KB, pdf) posted 15 November 2022

Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill policy memorandum (print version) (420KB, pdf) posted 15 November 2022

Why the Bill is being introduced

Financial Memorandum

Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill financial memorandum (305KB, pdf) posted 15 November 2022

Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill financial memorandum (print version) (395KB, pdf) posted 15 November 2022

How much the Bill is likely to cost

Delegated Powers Memorandum

Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill delegated powers memorandum (132KB, pdf) posted 15 November 2022

Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill delegated powers memorandum (print version) (221KB, pdf) posted 15 November 2022

Information on the powers the Bill gives the Scottish Ministers and others to make “secondary legislation” (usually regulations) and to the Scottish Ministers (such as to make guidance).

Statements on Legislative Competence

Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill legislative competence statements (93KB, pdf) posted 15 November 2022

Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill legislative competence statements (print version) (140KB, pdf) posted 15 November 2022

Statements on whether the Bill is within the Parliament’s “legislative competence” (if the Parliament has the power to make the changes to the law proposed by the Bill).

Additional information from the Scottish Government at Introduction

Keeling Schedule

Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill Keeling schedule (503KB, pdf) posted 15 November 2022

Illustration of proposed changes made to a previous Act by the Bill as introduced

Scottish Parliament research on the Bill

Read the research done by the Scottish Parliament on specific parts of the Bill:

Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill briefing

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