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Welcome to the Election Candidate Briefing

 

Key Dates and Deadlines

	Date	Time
Candidate Announcement	Tuesday 2nd March	1pm
Manifesto Workshop	Wednesday 3rd March	3-4pm
Campaigning Workshop	Wednesday 3rd March	6:30-7:30pm
Manifesto and Materials Submission	Sunday 7th March	23:59pm
Start of Campaigning and launch of manifestos	Wednesday 10th March	9am
Candidate Briefing Two	Wednesday 10th March	5-6pm
Candidate Q&A	Friday 12th March	6pm
Voting Begins	Monday 15th March	10am
Voting Closes	Thursday 18th March	5pm
Budget Declaration	Friday 19th March	2pm
Results Party	Friday  19th March	7pm

 

 

Trustee Board Declration

Each year, we ask trustees to complete a Trustee Declaration form in order to ensure that they are eligible to be a member of our trustee board, according to the Charities Act 2011.

Part One: Automatic Disqualification

Since August 1 2018, you are automatically disqualified from serving as a Trustee if the following applies:

1. You have an unspent conviction for any of the following

1. an offence involving deception or dishonesty
2. a terrorism offence
   1. to which Part 4 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 applies  
   2. under sections 13 or 19 of the Terrorism Act 2000                 
3. a money laundering offence within the meaning of section 415 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002  
4. a bribery offence under sections 1, 2, 6 or 7 of the Bribery Act 2010  
5. an offence of contravening a Commission Order or Direction under section 77 of the Charities Act 2011 
6. an offence of misconduct in public office, perjury or perverting the course of justice
7. In relation to the above offences, an offence of: attempt, conspiracy, or incitement to commit the offence; aiding, or abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of the offence; or, under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007(encouraging or assisting) in relation to the offence  

1. You are on the sex offenders register (ie. subject to notification requirements of Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003)  
2. You have an unspent sanction for contempt of court for making, or causing to be made, a false statement or for making, or causing to be made, a false statement in a document verified by a statement of truth 
3. You have been found guilty of disobedience to an order or direction of the Commission under section 336(1) of the Charities Act 2011.
4. You are a designated person for the purposes of Part 1 of the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010, or the Al Qaida (Asset Freezing) Regulations 2011.
5. You have previously been removed as an officer, agent or employee of a charity by the Charity Commission, the Scottish charity regulator, or the High Court due to misconduct or mismanagement 
6. You have previously been removed as a trustee of a charity by the Charity Commission, the Scottish charity regulator, or the High Court due to misconduct or mismanagement 
7. You have been removed from management or control of anybody under section s34(5)(e) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (or earlier legislation)
8. You are disqualified from being a company director, or have given a disqualification undertaking, and leave has not been granted (as described in section 180 of the Charities Act) for you to act as director of the charity 
9. You are currently declared bankrupt (or subject to bankruptcy restrictions or an interim order) 
10. You have an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) to pay off debts with creditors
11. You are subject to a moratorium period under a debt relief order, or a debt relief restrictions order, or an interim order   
12. You are subject to an order made under s.429(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986. (Failure to pay under a County Court Administration Order.)

 

I confirm that I am not disqualified from undertaking the role of Trustee, according to the guidance listed above and understand that a false declaration may result in my removal as a Trustee:

 

Part Two: Fit and Proper Person status

In addition to the above disclosures, I also confirm, for the purposes of my annual declaration, that I am a fit and proper person to act as a Trustee Finance Act 2010.  In this respect I confirm that:

 

• I am not disqualified from acting as a charity trustee/senior manager (see Appendix 2);
• I have not been convicted of an offence involving deception or dishonesty (or any such conviction is legally regarded as spent);
• I have not used arrangements notified under the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes ("DOTAS") rules in Part 7 Finance Act 2004 in respect of which a reference number has been issued under section 311 of Finance Act 2004, where the arrangements featured charitable reliefs or which used a charity, and where my tax position has been adjusted by HMRC to wholly or partly remove the tax advantage generated by the arrangements and such adjustments have become final.
• I have not used tax arrangements which have been successfully counteracted under the general anti-abuse rules (see Part 5 of Finance Act 2013 or section 10 National Insurance Contributions Act 2014, as enacted or as amended from time to time) where such counteraction has become final.
• I have not been actively involved in designing and/or promoting tax avoidance schemes featuring charitable reliefs or which used a charity, and I am not:

 

• a promoter named by HMRC under the Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes (POTAS) legislation in Part 5 of Finance Act 2014, or

 

• a promoter of any tax arrangements designed or intended to obtain for any person a tax advantage and such tax advantage has successfully counteracted by HMRC under the general anti-abuse rule (see Part 5 of Finance Act 2013 and section 10 National Insurance Contributions Act 2014 as enacted or as amended from time to time) and such counteraction has become final, or

 

• a promoter of arrangements notified under DOTAS, in respect of which a reference number has been issued under section 311 of Finance Act 2004, and the tax position of all or any of the users of the arrangements has been adjusted by HMRC to wholly or partly remove the tax advantage generated by the arrangements and such adjustments have become final;

 

• I am not an undischarged bankrupt;
• I have not made compositions or arrangements with my creditors from which I have not been discharged;
• I have not been removed from serving as a Charity Trustee, or been stopped from acting in a management position within a charity;
• I have not been disqualified from serving as a Company Director;
• I will at all times seek to ensure the charity’s funds, and charity tax reliefs received by this organisation, are used only for charitable purposes

 

 

I confirm that the information given in each section of this form is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

Click here to confirm that you are elligible to become a chairty trustee

 

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