Clause 3
Charities Bill [Lords]
Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 71, in clause 3, page 3, line 21, leave out from ‘whether’ to end of line 23 and insert—
“a body provides or intends to provide public benefit, regard must be had to—
(a) how any—
(i) benefit gained, or likely to be gained, by members of the body or any other persons (other than as members of the public), and
(ii) disbenefit incurred, or likely to be incurred, by the public in consequence of the body exercising its functions,
compares with the benefit gained or likely to be gained by the public in that consequence, and
(b) where benefit is, or is likely to be, provided to a section of the public only, whether any condition on obtaining that benefit (including any charge or fee) is unduly restrictive.
(2A) It is presumed that a charity established to benefit the natural environment, or the living species within it, exists for the public benefit.’.