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AI Summary of 12. Charitable status to appear on documents etc

Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 August 2014 - onwards
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12. Charitable status to appear on documents etc

(1) A charitable registered society whose registered name does not include the word "charity" or "charitable" must state the fact that it is a charity in legible characters -

(a) in all of its notices, advertisements and other official publications,

(b) in all of its business correspondence,

(c) in all bills of exchange, promissory notes, endorsements, cheques and orders for money or goods, purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the society,

(d) in all conveyances purporting to be executed by or on behalf of the society,

(e) in all its other business documentation, and

(f) on all its websites.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any document wholly in Welsh if the society's registered name includes the word "elusen" or "elusennol".

(3) The statement required by subsection (1) must be in English, except that it may be in Welsh if -

(a) the document is otherwise wholly in Welsh, and

(b) the statement consists of or includes the word "elusen" or "elusennol".