Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 1964

8Funds in court.N.I.

(1)Where any fund standing to the credit of a charity or impressed with a charitable trust in any proceedings under the jurisdiction of a court, is not being applied for the benefit of the charity or in accordance with that trust, the Ministry may apply to the court for the transfer of the fund to the Ministry upon the trusts affecting the fund.

(2)Where the Ministry applies to any court under subsection (1), the court may make such order as it thinks fit in respect of the transfer of the fund.

(3)The Ministry shall, before making an application under subsection (1), give the Attorney-General notice of its intention to make the application.