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Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008
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· 2008-09-09
2022-03-30
Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008
2022-03-10
Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008
2020-01-13
Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008
Changes on 2020-01-13
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- (1) In paragraph 1(2)(c) “*child*” includes a stepchild.
- (2) For the purposes of paragraph 1(2)(e) a person living with another as that person's husband or wife shall be treated as that person's spouse.
- (3) Where two persons of the same sex are not civil partners but live together as if they were, each of them shall be treated for those purposes as the civil partner of the other.
- (2) For the purposes of paragraph 1(2)(e) a person living with another as that person's spouse shall be treated as that person's spouse.
- (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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## SCHEDULE 9
#### Meaning of “charitable purpose”
#### Guidance as to operation of public benefit requirement
#### Practice and procedure
#### Duties of trustees in connection with registration
#### Power to call for documents and search records
#### Meaning of “charity”
#### The public benefit requirement
#### The Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland
#### Register of charities
#### General power to institute inquiries
#### Effect of direction under section 20 where charity is a company
#### Power to determine membership of charity
#### Restriction on dispositions
#### Supplementary provisions relating to dispositions
#### Powers for preservation of charity documents
#### Restriction on dispositions
#### Release of charity rentcharges
#### Powers for preservation of charity documents
#### Restriction on dispositions
#### Court's power to grant relief to apply to all auditors, etc. of charities which are not companies
#### Power to relieve trustees, auditors, etc. from liability for breach of trust or duty
#### Remuneration of trustees, etc. providing services to charity
#### Nature and constitution
#### Conversion: consideration of application
#### Constitution
#### Power to transfer all property of unincorporated charity
#### Conversion: consideration of application
#### Constitution
#### Resolution not to take effect or to take effect at later date
#### Conversion: consideration of application
#### Power to spend capital subject to special trusts
#### Charitable appeals that are not public charitable collections
#### Refusal of permits
#### Regulation of public charitable collections
#### Determination of applications and issue of permits
#### Cancellation of payments and agreements made in response to appeals
#### Applications for certificates
#### Register of charity mergers
#### Short title
#### Right of charitable institution to prevent unauthorised fund-raising
#### Applications for certificates
#### Register of charity mergers: supplementary
#### Short title
#### Right of charitable institution to prevent unauthorised fund-raising
#### Register of charity mergers: supplementary
#### Short title
## Editorial notes
[^c22541361]: [S. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/5) modified (18.2.2011) by [Charities Act 2008 (Transitional Provision) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/12)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/12), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/12/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/12/schedule)
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[^c22542241]: [Sch. 5 para. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/schedule/5/paragraph/1) partly in operation; [Sch. 5 para. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/schedule/5/paragraph/1) not in operation at Royal Assent see [s. 185(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/185/1); [Sch. 5 para. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/schedule/5/paragraph/1) in operation for certain purposes at 18.2.2011 by [S.R. 2011/11](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/11), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/11/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/11/schedule)
[^c22542431]: [Sch. 5 para. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/schedule/5/paragraph/2) partly in operation; [Sch. 5 para. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/schedule/5/paragraph/2) not in operation at Royal Assent see [s. 185(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/185/1); [Sch. 5 para. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/schedule/5/paragraph/2) in operation for certain purposes at 18.2.2011 by [S.R. 2011/11](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/11), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/11/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/11/schedule)
[^c22542431]: Sch. 5 para. 2 partly in operation; Sch. 5 para. 2 not in operation at Royal Assent see s. 185(1); Sch. 5 para. 2 in operation for certain purposes at 18.2.2011 by [S.R. 2011/11](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/11), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/11/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/11/schedule)
[^c22542441]: [Sch. 5 para. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/schedule/5/paragraph/3) partly in operation; [Sch. 5 para. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/schedule/5/paragraph/3) not in operation at Royal Assent see [s. 185(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/185/1); [Sch. 5 para. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/schedule/5/paragraph/3) in operation for certain purposes at 18.2.2011 by [S.R. 2011/11](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/11), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/11/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/11/schedule)
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[^key-6877a1b676fa5df5090600344ee64fd0]: Words in s. 112 heading substituted (6.4.2018) by [Credit Unions and Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 16)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/16), [s. 17(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/16/section/17/2), [Sch. 1 para. 34(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/16/schedule/1/paragraph/34/5); [S.R. 2017/217](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/217), [art. 2(d)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/217/article/2/d)
[^key-004e9eb4f9f4ba3e613bc90ee1d8b8ae]: Word in [Sch. 5 para. 2(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/schedule/5/paragraph/2/2) substituted (13.1.2020) by [The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514), [regs. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514/regulation/1/2), [146(2)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514/regulation/146/2/a) (with [regs. 6-9](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514/regulation/6))
[^key-c78a52e4339fc1709b551c1586f31d17]: [Sch. 5 para. 2(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/schedule/5/paragraph/2/3) omitted (13.1.2020) by virtue of [The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514), [regs. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514/regulation/1/2), [146(2)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514/regulation/146/2/b) (with [regs. 6-9](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514/regulation/6))
[^M_C_c26e1e0d-1956-4960-854a-13171e601474]: [Ss. 64-70](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/64) restricted (retrospectively) by [Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 11)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/11), [ss. 1(9)(12)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/11/section/1/9/12), [4(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/11/section/4/2)
#### Application cy-près of gifts of donors unknown or disclaiming
#### Occasions for applying property cy-près
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any gift dependent upon the prior gift shall have the like effect as it would have had if the prior gift had at all times been for the purposes determined by that scheme.
#### Supplementary provisions relating to interim manager appointed for a charity
#### Estate to vest in body corporate
#### Remuneration of trustees, etc. providing services to charity
#### Alteration of objects ...
#### Conversion of charitable company or registered society
#### Conversion of community interest company
#### Applications for certificates
#### Professional fund-raisers, etc. required to indicate institutions benefiting and arrangements for remuneration
#### Power to suspend or remove trustees, etc. from membership of charity
#### Incorporation of trustees of a charity
#### Person acting as charity trustee while disqualified
#### Winding up
#### Effect of registration
#### Conversion: supplementary
#### Exemption for local, short-term collections
#### Prohibition on professional fund-raiser, etc. raising funds for charitable institution without an agreement in prescribed form
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