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Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Incorporation of trust boards

22: Power to incorporate for charitable purposes under other Acts

You could also call this:

“You can still create charitable groups using other laws, but not if you've already done it under this law.”

This law says you can still create a company, society, or corporation for religious, educational, or other charitable purposes under other laws. You can also include these purposes as part of what your organisation does. However, if you’ve already set up a board using this specific part of the law (the Charitable Trusts Act 1957), you can’t then set it up again under a different law.

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Part 2 Incorporation of trust boards

22Power to incorporate for charitable purposes under other Acts

  1. Nothing in this Act shall prevent any company, society, or corporation from being incorporated under any other Act or otherwise for any religious, educational, or other charitable purpose, or from including any such purpose among its objects:

    provided that no board incorporated under this Part shall be incorporated under any other Act.