Charities (Accounts and Annual Report) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 26 Aug 2011

No. S 489

Charities Act

(CHAPTER 37)

Charities
(Accounts and Annual Report) (Amendment)
Regulations 2011

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13(1), 14(1) and 48 of the Charities Act, MG (NS) Chan Chun Sing, Minister of State, charged with the responsibility of the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Charities (Accounts and Annual Report) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st July 2011.

Amendment of regulation 7

2. Regulation 7 of the Charities (Accounts and Annual Report) Regulations 2011 (G.N. No. S 352/2011) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a)

the following particulars:

(i)	a description of the governing instruments of the charity;
(ii)	the Singapore unique entity number of the charity;
(iii)	the registered address of the charity;
(iv)	the name, designation and date of appointment of each governing board member and each member of the management committee, advisory council or any other similar body, if any; and
(v)	the names of the bankers, lawyers, auditors, investment advisers and other advisers of the charity;”.

New regulation 8A

3. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 8, the following regulation:

“Application to institutions of a public character and large charities

8A. These Regulations shall apply —

(a)	in the case of institutions of a public character, in addition to the provisions of the Charities (Institutions of a Public Character) Regulations (Rg 5); and
(b)	in the case of large charities as defined in the Charities (Large Charities) Regulations (Rg 9), in addition to the provisions of those Regulations.”.

Amendment of Fourth Schedule

4. The Fourth Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by deleting item 1 in the first column and substituting the following item:

“1. Charities, which are not institutions of a public character or companies”.

Made this 23rd day of August 2011.

CHAN HENG KEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Community Development,
Youth and Sports,
Singapore.

[MCYS 19-01-05 V2; AG/LLRD/SL/37/2010/4 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 48(4) of the Charities Act).

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