Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008

2.—(1) A question which involves either—

(a) the operation of charity law in any respect, or

(b) the application of charity law to a particular state of affairs,

may be referred to the Tribunal by the Attorney General if the Attorney General considers it desirable to refer the question to the Tribunal.

(2) The Attorney General shall be a party to proceedings before the Tribunal on the reference.

(3) The following shall be entitled to be parties to proceedings before the Tribunal on the reference—

(a) the Commission, and

(b) with the Tribunal’s permission—

(i) the charity trustees of any charity which is likely to be affected by the Tribunal’s decision on the reference,

(ii) any such charity which is a body corporate, and

(iii) any other person who is likely to be so affected.