uksi/2024/995 — The Exempt Charities Order 2024

2024 No. 995 Charities The Exempt Charities Order 2024 Made 2nd October 2024 Coming into force 31st October 2024 At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 2nd day of October 2024 Present, The King’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council His Majesty, in pursuance of paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Charities Act 2011 , is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: 1 This Order may be cited as the Exempt Charities Order 2024 and shall come into force on 31st October 2024 2 Bishop Grosseteste University is hereby declared to be an exempt charity for the purposes of the Charities Act 2011. Richard Tilbrook Clerk of the Privy Council EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order declares Bishop Grosseteste University to be an exempt charity within the meaning of the Charities Act 2011 with effect from 31st October 2024. An exempt charity cannot be registered with the Charity Commission and the Commission cannot exercise any powers under the Act in relation to an exempt charity except: it may exercise advisory and permissive powers at the charity’s request, following consultation with any principal regulator appointed under the Charities Act 2011; it may open a statutory inquiry and use powers to act for the protection of charities at the invitation of any principal regulator appointed under the Charities Act. The Office for Students (OfS) has been appointed principal regulator for exempt Higher Education Providers in England, and automatically becomes principal regulator for Bishop Grosseteste University.