The Charities (Disclosure of Information to Designated Bodies) (Scotland) Order 2020

Made: 15th December 2020

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 17th December 2020

Coming into force: 1st March 2021

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 25(2)(a) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005[^f00001], and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Charities (Disclosure of Information to Designated Bodies) (Scotland) Order 2020 and comes into force on 1 March 2021.

Designated bodies

2

The public bodies and office-holders listed in the schedule are designated for the purposes of section 25(1)(a) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (removal of restrictions on disclosure of certain information).

SCHEDULE — Designated public bodies and office-holders

Police forces

The chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland

The chief constable of the British Transport Police

The chief constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary

The Commissioner of Police for the City of London

The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

The chief constable of the Ministry of Defence Police

The chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland

The Provost Marshal of the Royal Navy Police

The Provost Marshal of the Royal Military Police

The Provost Marshal of the Royal Air Force Police

The Provost Marshal for serious crime

The chief constable of Avon and Somerset Constabulary

The chief constable of Bedfordshire Police

The chief constable of Cambridgeshire Constabulary

The chief constable of Cheshire Constabulary

The chief constable of Cleveland Police

The chief constable of Cumbria Constabulary

The chief constable of Derbyshire Constabulary

The chief constable of Devon and Cornwall Police

The chief constable of Dorset Police

The chief constable of Durham Constabulary

The chief constable of Dyfed-Powys Police

The chief constable of Essex Police

The chief constable of Gloucestershire Constabulary

The chief constable of Greater Manchester Police

The chief constable of Gwent Police

The chief constable of Hampshire Constabulary

The chief constable of Hertfordshire Constabulary

The chief constable of Humberside Police

The chief officer of the salaried Police Force of the Island of Guernsey

The chief constable of the Isle of Man Constabulary

The chief constable of Kent Police

The chief constable of Lancashire Constabulary

The chief constable of Leicestershire Police

The chief constable of Lincolnshire Police

The chief constable of Merseyside Police

The chief constable of Norfolk Constabulary

The chief constable of North Wales Police

The chief constable of North Yorkshire Police

The chief constable of Northamptonshire Police

The chief constable of Northumbria Police

The chief constable of Nottinghamshire Police

The chief constable of South Wales Police

The chief constable of South Yorkshire Police

The chief constable of Staffordshire Police

The chief officer of the States of Jersey Police

The chief constable of Suffolk Constabulary

The chief constable of Surrey Police

The chief constable of Sussex Police

The chief constable of Thames Valley Police

The chief constable of Warwickshire Police

The chief constable of West Mercia Constabulary

The chief constable of West Midlands Police

The chief constable of West Yorkshire Police

Prosecuting authorities

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

Other public bodies and office holders

The Charity Commission for England and Wales

Signed

AILEEN CAMPBELL — A member of the Scottish Government — 2020-12-15

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order designates public bodies and office-holders for the purposes of section 25(1)(a) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (“the Act”).

Section 24 of the Act permits the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (“OSCR”) to disclose information to a public body or office-holder subject to any obligation as to secrecy or other restriction on disclosure. Section 25(1)(a) allows OSCR to disclose information which is subject to an obligation as to secrecy or other restriction on disclosure to a designated body for any purpose connected with the exercise of OSCR’s functions or for the purpose of enabling or assisting that body to exercise any functions.

The schedule of this Order lists the public bodies and office-holders which are designated (and become “designated bodies”) for the purpose of section 25(1)(a) of the Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2005 asp 10.

Editorial notes

[^key-179785fdc6968944c4a0b2296c82ebeb]: Art. 1 in force at 1.3.2021, see art. 1

[^key-47a838c4fb3afab734f6db661eac9b8d]: Art. 2 in force at 1.3.2021, see art. 1

[^key-cb734967f79c45075af4309b72cd73ea]: Words in sch. inserted (5.12.2022) by The Armed Forces (Tri-Service Serious Crime Unit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1051), regs. 1(2), 20(2)

The chief constable of Wiltshire Police