Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2013

MiscellaneousN.I.

InterpretationN.I.

7   In this Act—

the 2008 Act” means the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008;

the Commission” means the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland;

the Department” means the Department for Social Development;

statutory provision” has the meaning given by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

Minor and consequential amendments and repealsN.I.

8—(1) The statutory provisions set out in Schedule 1 shall have effect subject to the minor and consequential amendments specified in that Schedule.

(2) The statutory provisions set out in Schedule 2 are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the second column of that Schedule.

Power to make supplementary and transitional provision etc.N.I.

9—(1) The Department may by order make such supplementary, incidental or consequential provision as it thinks appropriate—

(a)for the purposes of this Act;

(b)in consequence of any provision made by or under this Act, or for giving full effect to it.

(2) The Department may by order make such transitional or transitory provisions and savings as it considers appropriate in connection with—

(a)the coming into operation of any provision of this Act; or

(b)any provision made by an order under subsection (1).

(3) An order under this section may amend, modify or repeal any statutory provision.

(4) An order which does so must not be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the Assembly.

(5) Any other order under this section is subject to negative resolution.

CommencementN.I.

10—(1) This Act, except sections 4 and 5(1), comes into operation on the day after Royal Assent.

(2) Sections 4 and 5(1) come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint.

Short titleN.I.

11   This Act may be cited as the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2013.