Schedule 8
Charities Bill [Lords]
1:30 pm
Roger Gale (North Thanet, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment No. 106, in schedule 8, page 149, line 14, after ‘manager’, insert ‘or interim trustee as appropriate’.
Amendment No. 107, in schedule 8, page 150, line 6, after ‘manager’, insert ‘or interim trustee as appropriate’.
Amendment No. 108, in schedule 8, page 150, line 11, after second ‘manager’, insert ‘or interim trustee as appropriate’.
Amendment No. 109, in schedule 8, page 150, line 13, after ‘manager’, insert ‘or interim trustee as appropriate’.
Amendment No. 110, in schedule 8, page 150, line 15, after second ‘manager’, insert ‘or interim trustee as appropriate’.
Amendment No. 111, in schedule 8, page 150, line 19, after second ‘manager’, insert ‘or interim trustee as appropriate’.
New clause 3—Reasons for appointing an interim manager of a charity—
‘In section 19 of the 1993 Act, after subsection (1), insert—
“(1A) Within seven days of an appointment under subsection (1), the Commission must communicate in writing to—
(a) the persons who are or claim to be the charity trustees of the institution concerned; and
(b) (if a body corporate) the institution which is the subject of such an appointment;
the reasons why they consider such an appointment necessary and appropriate.”’.
New clause 4—Remuneration of an interim manager of a charity—
‘In section 19 of the 1993 Act—
(a) in subsection (5) leave out “the charity concerned” and insert “the commission”;
(b) in subsection (6) leave out “out of the income from the charities concerned” and insert “by the commission”.’.
New clause 5—Amendment of section 19 of the 1993 Act—
‘Section 19 of the 1993 Act in subsection (3) is amended by inserting after “as they think fit”, the words “, who may, where appropriate to the size of the charity and expertise required by the charity, act in a voluntary capacity.”’.
New clause 9—Appointment and payment of the Receiver and Manager—
‘(1) In section 19(1) of the Charities Act 1993, at end insert “subject to a public tender exercise conducted in line with best practice from the Office of Government Commerce.”
(2) In section 19(6)(b) of the Charities Act 1993 (c. 10), after “the income of the charities concerned”, insert “subject to a public tender exercise and up to a sum agreed in such an exercise, any additional costs to be met by the Commission.”’.