Chamber and committees

Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland Bill) - Financial Memorandum

Overview

Scottish charities are regulated by an independent body. This body is called the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).

OSCR was established under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (the 2005 Act). The 2005 Act sets out the powers that OSCR has to regulate charities. This includes publishing and maintaining the Scottish Charity Register.

This Bill makes changes to the 2005 Act. It would:

• give OSCR wider powers to investigate charities and charity trustees
• amend the rules on who can be a charity trustee or a senior office-holder in a charity
• increase the information that OSCR holds about charity trustees
• update the information which needs to be included on the Scottish Charity Register
• create a record of charities that have merged

Read and find out more about the Bill.

Financial Memorandum

As with all Bills, the Finance and Public Administration Committee invites written evidence on the estimated financial implications of the Bill as set out in its accompanying Financial Memorandum (FM).

Read the FM for this Bill: Financial Memorandum.

Your Views

The call for views on the Bill's FM closed on 17 February 2023.

The Committee received 3 submissions to the call for views. Read the submissions received on Citizen Space.

The Committee agreed to forward the submissions received to the Social Justice and Social Security Committee as part of that Committee's consideration of the Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill and to take no further action.