Commentary on Sections Part 2: Discrimination on Grounds of Religion or Belief Section 58: Charities relating to religion or belief
220.Section 58 provides an exception from this Part, where benefits are conferred on persons of a particular religion or belief in pursuance of a charitable instrument, and where restricting the benefit in this way is imposed by reason of or on the grounds of the provisions of the charitable instrument.
221.Subsection (2) creates an exception from the provisions of Part 2 for the Charity Commissioners (and, in Scotland, the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator), which exempts these regulators from the provisions of Part 2 when they are exercising a function in relation to a charity in a manner which appears to them expedient in the interests of the charity.