Commentary on provisions of Act Section 12: Participation in corporate decisions while disqualified
Section 12 inserts into the Charities Act 2011 new section 184A. Where a person is disqualified (either under section 178 or new section 181A of the Charities Act 2011) and is an officer of a corporate body that is a charity trustee, this provision prohibits that person from participating in decisions relating to the charity’s administration. New section 184A extends the existing criminal (section 183) and civil (section 184) sanctions to apply to officers who participate in decisions relating to a charity’s administration when they are disqualified from being charity trustees.