FORTHCOMING CHANGE: The Charities Act 2022 (CA 2022) received Royal assent on 24 February 2022 and the plan, as set out in Charities Act 2022: implementation plan is for its provisions to come into force in three defined groups over three stages, on 31 October 2022, on 14 June 2023 and in “early 2024”.
For a summary of the provisions in CA 2022 which have been implemented so far, see: Charities Act 2022: information about the changes being introduced.
CA 2022 implements the majority of the recommendations from the 2017 Law commission report, ‘Technical Issues in charity Law’. For a summary (as at 9 April 2021) of the recommendations that have been accepted, see News Analysis: Government response to Law Commission report ‘Technical Issues in Charity Law’.
Of particular relevance to this Practice Note are the changes relating to the ability to change the objects of a charity. The position set out below in relation to this subject may be affected by the implementation of CA 2022.
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For the purposes of the law in England
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A method of transfer of estate property only available to personal representatives (PRs). An assent activates the gift of estate property to the beneficiary and, after assent, the PRs hold the asset on trust for the beneficiary until any further formalities to transfer the legal title have been complied with.
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