Made under the Charities Act 2022
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The Charities Act 2022 (Commencement No. 4 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2025
- Department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Made under: Charities Act 2022
The Regulations brought into force provisions of the Charities Act 2022 regarding small ex gratia payments and consequential amendments on 27th November 2025, while protecting ongoing applications and museum property assets.
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations under the Charities Act 2022 to bring specific provisions of the Act into force across England and Wales on 27th November 2025.
This commencement primarily enacts technical improvements to charity law concerning the power of charity trustees to make small ex gratia payments without seeking prior authorization if conditions are met, and codifies the existing authorization powers held by the Charity Commission and the courts.
The Regulations also list specific property belonging to designated national museums and galleries that remains subject to existing prohibitions, preventing immediate commencement of the new rules for those assets, and include provisions to save the prior procedures for applications already submitted before the new rules take effect.