New Clause 15
Charities Bill [Lords]
3:15 pm
Human rights compliance
‘(1) The Commission shall investigate the activities of a charity where it receives an allegation, substantiated by evidence, that the charity, acting in concert with a government (whether or not a party to the European Convention on Human Rights) has committed an act which, had it been committed by a public authority, would have been inconsistent with a Convention right as defined in the Human Rights Act 1998.
(2) If, following any such investigation, the Commission finds the allegation proven, it shall either, if the charity is registered, strike the charity off the register or exercise its other statutory powers in relation to the charity, its property or assets or its charity trustees, officers or employees.’.—[Peter Bottomley.]