CHARITIES ACT 1978 - SECT 12 Report
CHARITIES ACT 1978 - SECT 12
Report(1) Where an inspector has completed an inquiry he shall prepare a report which shall be forwarded to the Attorney-General.
(2) An inspector may at any time during the progress of the investigation and shall if so directed by the Attorney-General make an interim report to the Attorney-General.
(3) An inspector may when making a report under this section, give to the Attorney-General any documents which he has taken possession of under subsection (2) of section 10 and the Attorney-General—
(a) may retain the documents for such period as he considers to be necessary to enable a decision to be made as to whether or not any legal proceedings ought to be instituted in relation to the charity or charitable estate;
(b) may retain the documents for such further period as he considers to be necessary to enable any such proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted;
(c) may permit other persons to inspect the documents while they are in his possession;
(d) may permit the use of the documents for the purposes of any legal proceedings;
(e) shall permit a person who would be entitled to inspect any one or more of the documents if they were not in the possession of the Attorney-General to inspect at all reasonable times such of the documents as that person would be so entitled to inspect.
(4) The Attorney-General may where he thinks fit forward any report made under this section—
(a) to the charity or to the executor of any charitable estate to which the report relates; and
(b) to any other person having an interest in the outcome of the inquiry where that person has requested that the report be forwarded to him.
S. 13
inserted by No. 9710 s. 3.