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Charities Act 1992

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56Enforcement of requirements by order of Commissioners, and other provisions as to orders made by them

(1)If a person fails to comply with any requirement imposed by or under—

(a)this Part of this Act,

(b)the 1960 Act, or

(c)the 1872 Act,

then (subject to subsection (2)) the Commissioners may by order give him such directions as they consider appropriate for securing that the default is made good.

(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to any such requirement if—

(a)a person who fails to comply with, or is persistently in default in relation to, the requirement is liable to any criminal penalty; or

(b)the requirement is imposed—

(i)by an order of the Commissioners to which section 41 of the 1960 Act (enforcement of orders as for contempt of High Court) applies (whether by virtue of subsection (3) below or otherwise), or

(ii)by a direction of the Commissioners to which that section applies by virtue of section 57(2) below.

(3)Section 41 of the 1960 Act applies to any order made by the Commissioners under subsection (1) above or under any of the following provisions, namely—

(a)section 12 above,

(b)section 22(2) above,

(c)section 46 above, and

(d)section 12A of the 1872 Act,

as that section applies to any such order of the Commissioners as is mentioned in that section.

(4)Subject to subsection (5) below, section 40 of the 1960 Act (miscellaneous provisions as to orders of Commissioners) shall apply to any order made by the Commissioners under this Act or the 1872 Act as it applies to any order made by them under the 1960 Act (the second reference to that Act in subsection (3) of that section being read as a reference to this Act or the 1872 Act, as the case may require).

(5)Subsection (3) of that section does not apply by virtue of subsection (4) above to any order made by the Commissioners under section 72 below or under section 12A of the 1872 Act.

(6)In this section “the 1872 Act” means the [1872 c. 24.] Charitable Trustees Incorporation Act 1872.

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