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Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Miscellaneous provisions

55: Power to waive non-compliance with procedural requirements

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“Court or Attorney-General can overlook small mistakes when setting up a charitable trust”

The court or the Attorney-General can approve a scheme even if you didn’t follow all the rules in this Act. They can ignore small mistakes in how you did things. This means that if you made a tiny error when setting up your charitable trust, the court or Attorney-General might still say it’s okay and let it go ahead.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions

55Power to waive non-compliance with procedural requirements

  1. Either the court or the Attorney-General, when approving a scheme, may waive any non-compliance with the procedural requirements of this Act in relation to the scheme.