Part 1: Purposes, Powers and Governing Documents Section 11: Taking effect of resolution under section 282 of the Charities Act 2011
Section 11 amends the time limit (in section 284 of the CA 2011) for the Charity Commission to respond to a section 282 resolution to the "relevant period", defined in substituted subsection (4). The starting point is that the "relevant period" is 60 days from the date on which the Charity Commission received the copy of the resolution. This time period is suspended in cases where the Charity Commission directs the charity trustees to give public notice of a resolution or to provide information or explanations in accordance with new subsections (4A) and (4B).
	For example, Charity X passes a resolution under section 282 and sends a copy of the resolution together with a statement of the reasons for passing it to the Charity Commission on 1 January. The Charity Commission receives the resolution on 2 January. The Charity Commission must notify the trustees of whether or not it concurs with the resolution before the end of the "relevant period".
In a straightforward case the relevant period would end on 3 March, namely 60 days after the Charity Commission received the resolution on 2 January.
However, the Charity Commission decides to exercise its power under section 283(1)(a) and on 5 January directs the charity trustees to give public notice of the resolution, which they do on 10 January. The relevant period runs for 3 days, from 2 January when the Charity Commission received the resolution, to 5 January when it gave the direction to the trustees, causing the relevant period to be suspended with 57 days remaining. The relevant period will begin to run again from 21 February, namely 42 days from 10 January when the trustees give public notice of the resolution, for the remaining 57 days. The relevant period would end on 19 April.
The Charity Commission then decides, on 1 April, to exercise its power under section 283(2), and direct the charity trustees to provide it with additional information regarding the circumstances in which they have decided to act under section 282. The trustees provide this information on 10 April. The relevant period will have run for 3 days, from 2 January when the Charity Commission received the resolution, to 5 January when it was suspended by the 283(1) direction; and then for a further 39 days, from 21 February to 1 April, when it is suspended by the 283(2) direction; meaning that 18 days remain. The period will begin to run again from 10 April when the information is provided to the Charity Commission. The relevant period will therefore end on 28 April.
	If the Charity Commission exercises its power under both sections 283(1) and (2) at the same time, the relevant period would be suspended until the later of:
42 days from date on which the charity trustees give public notice of the resolution; or
the date on which the trustees provide the information or explanations required by the Charity Commission.