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Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2013

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Amendments of 2008 Act

    1. 1.The public benefit requirement

    2. 2.Gifts for mixed purposes

    3. 3.Debt relief orders, debt relief restrictions orders and bankruptcy restrictions orders

  3. Transfer to Commission of certain functions of Department

    1. 4.Educational endowments

    2. 5.Miscellaneous functions

    3. 6.Supplementary provisions

  4. Miscellaneous

    1. 7.Interpretation

    2. 8.Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

    3. 9.Power to make supplementary and transitional provision etc.

    4. 10.Commencement

    5. 11.Short title

  5. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Minor and consequential amendments

      1. The Recreational Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 1958 (c. 16)

        1. 1.In section 1(1) (general provision as to recreational and similar...

      2. The 2008 Act

        1. 2.In section 4 (guidance as to operation of public benefit...

        2. 3.In section 11(1) (the official custodian for charities in Northern...

        3. 4.In section 20 (power of Commission to require charity’s name...

        4. 5.In section 21 (effect of direction under section 20 where...

        5. 6.(1) In the following provisions for “furnish” substitute “provide”—

        6. 7.(1) Amend section 27 (application cy-près of gifts of donors...

        7. 8.In section 29 (cy-près schemes), after subsection (6) add—

        8. 9.(1) Amend section 32 (further powers to make schemes or...

        9. 10.(1) Amend section 35 (supplementary provisions relating to interim manager...

        10. 11.In section 42 (supplementary provisions as to property vested in...

        11. 12.(1) Amend section 46(3) (power to authorise dealings with charity...

        12. 13.In section 57 (restriction on dispositions), in subsection (4)(a) omit...

        13. 14.In section 65 (annual audit or examination of charity accounts)—...

        14. 15.In section 70 (annual returns by charities), in subsection (1)...

        15. 16.(1) Amend section 80 (records of applications and certificates) as...

        16. 17.In section 91 (power to relieve trustees, auditors, etc. from...

        17. 18.In section 95 (winding up), for subsections (3) and (4)...

        18. 19.(1) Amend section 96 (alteration of objects clause) as follows....

        19. 20.Omit section 97 (invalidity of certain transactions).

        20. 21.In section 118 (transfer of CIO’s undertaking), in subsection (5)...

        21. 22.In section 125 (transfer where charity has permanent endowment), in...

        22. 23.(1) Amend section 169 (manner of executing instruments) as follows....

        23. 24.(1) Amend section 175 (other provisions as to orders of...

        24. 25.(1) Amend section 179 (orders and regulations) as follows.

        25. 26.(1) In section 180 (general interpretation), amend subsection (1) as...

        26. 27.(1) In Schedule 3 (appeals and applications to Tribunal), amend...

        27. 28.(1) Amend Schedule 6 (group accounts) as follows.

        28. 29.In Schedule 7 (further provision about charitable incorporated organisations), in...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Repeals

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