F1Part 1Charities

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Amendments (Textual)
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Pt. 1 Ch. 5A inserted (1.10.2010 for specified purposes, 1.11.2012 in so far as not already in force) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), ss. 125(1), 134(7); S.S.I. 2010/321, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2012/218, art. 2

Chapter 9Charity trustees

Disqualification

I170Disqualification: supplementary

1

A person who acts as a charity trustee while disqualified by virtue of section 69 is guilty of an offence and liable—

a

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or both,

b

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 2 years or a fine or both.

2

Any acts done as a charity trustee by a person disqualified by virtue of section 69 from being a charity trustee are not invalid by reason only of the disqualification.

3

In section 69(2)(b), “undischarged bankrupt” means a person—

a

whose estate has been sequestrated, who has been adjudged bankrupt or who has granted a trust deed for or entered into an arrangement with creditors, and

b

who has not been discharged under or by virtue of—

i

section F2137, 138 or 140 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 ,

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iii

section 279 or 280 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45), or

iv

any other enactment or rule of law subsisting at the time of the person's discharge.