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Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008
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Application for registrationN.I.
110—(1) Any one or more persons (“the applicants”) may apply to the Commission for a CIO to be constituted and for its registration as a charity.
(2) The applicants shall supply the Commission with—
(a)a copy of the proposed constitution of the CIO,
(b)such other documents or information as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Department, and
(c)such other documents or information as the Commission may require for the purposes of the application.
(3) The Commission shall refuse such an application if—
(a)it is not satisfied that the CIO would be a charity at the time it would be registered, or
(b)the CIO's proposed constitution does not comply with one or more of the requirements of section 106 and any regulations made under that section.
(4) The Commission may refuse such an application if—
(a)the proposed name of the CIO is the same as, or is in the opinion of the Commission too like, the name of any other charity (whether registered or not), or
(b)the Commission is of the opinion referred to in any of paragraphs (b) to (e) of section 20(2) (power of Commission to require change in charity's name) in relation to the proposed name of the CIO (reading paragraph (b) as referring to the proposed purposes of the CIO and to the activities which it is proposed it should carry on).
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111—(1) If the Commission grants an application under section 110 it shall register the CIO to which the application relates as a charity in the register of charities.
(2) Upon the registration of the CIO in the register of charities, it becomes by virtue of the registration a body corporate—
(a)whose constitution is that proposed in the application,
(b)whose name is that specified in the constitution, and
(c)whose first member is, or first members are, the applicants referred to in section 110.
(3) All property for the time being vested in the applicants (or, if more than one, any of them) on trust for the charitable purposes of the CIO (when incorporated) shall by virtue of this subsection becomes vested in the CIO upon its registration.
(4) The entry relating to the charity's registration in the register of charities shall include—
(a)the date of the charity's registration, and
(b)a note saying that it is constituted as a CIO.
(5) A copy of the entry in the register shall be sent to the charity at the principal office of the CIO.
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