Part 3Funding for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institutions
C1Chapter 1Public charitable collections
Public collections certificates
52Determination of applications and issue of certificates
1
On receiving an application for a public collections certificate made in accordance with section 51, the Commission may make such inquiries (whether under section 54 or otherwise) as it thinks fit.
2
The Commission must, after making any such inquiries, determine the application by either—
a
issuing a public collections certificate in respect of the collections, or
b
refusing the application on one or more of the grounds specified in section 53(1).
3
A public collections certificate—
a
must specify such matters as may be prescribed, and
b
shall (subject to section 56) be in force for—
i
the period specified in the application in accordance with section 51(3)(b), or
ii
such shorter period as the Commission thinks fit.
4
The Commission may, at the time of issuing a public collections certificate, attach to it such conditions as it thinks fit.
5
Conditions attached under subsection (4) may include conditions prescribed for the purposes of that subsection.
6
The Commission must secure that the terms of any conditions attached under subsection (4) are consistent with the provisions of any regulations under section 63 (whether or not prescribing conditions for the purposes of that subsection).
7
Where the Commission—
a
refuses to issue a certificate, or
b
attaches any condition to it,
it must serve on the applicant written notice of its decision and the reasons for its decision.
8
That notice must also state the right of appeal conferred by section 57(1) and the time within which such an appeal must be brought.
Pt. 3 Ch. 1 power to amend or modify conferred by 1993 c. 10, Sch. 1C, paras. 6, 7 (as inserted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 4; S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.)