The Charity Tribunal Rules (Northern Ireland) 2010

Interpretation

2.—(1) A reference in these Rules to a rule by number alone means the rule so numbered in these Rules.

(2) In these Rules, unless the context requires otherwise—

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

“appeal” means an appeal to the Tribunal under the Act or, where appropriate, an appeal to the Court from the Tribunal’s decision under section 14 of the Act;

“appeal notice” means an appeal or application filed under rule 17(1);

“appellant” means a person who makes an appeal or an application to the Tribunal;

“appellant’s reply” means a reply filed by an appellant under rule 19;

“applicant” means a party (as defined in these Rules) who seeks permission to bring an appeal to the Court against a decision of the Tribunal under section 14 of the Act;

“application” means an application to the Tribunal for the review of a reviewable matter in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 3 to the Act;

“Commission” means the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland under section 6 of the Act;

“Commission’s final decision” means the definitive decision of the Commission that is the subject matter of the appeal or application;

“direction” includes any direction or order given or made by the Tribunal;

“document” means anything in which information is recorded in any form, and an obligation under these Rules to provide or allow access to a document or a copy of a document for any purpose means, unless the Tribunal directs otherwise, an obligation to provide or allow access to such documents or copy in a legible form or in a form which can be readily made into a legible form;

“file” means send to the Tribunal;

“legal representative” means a solicitor or barrister in Northern Ireland;

“party” means an appellant (including the Attorney General when the Attorney General makes an appeal or application to the Tribunal) or the Commission and “other party” shall be construed accordingly;

“reference” means the referral by the Commission or the Attorney General of a question for the determination of the Tribunal in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 to the Act;

“reference notice” means a reference filed under rule 38(2);

“referrer” means the person making a reference to the Tribunal, being either the Commission or the Attorney General;

“register” means the register kept by the Tribunal under rule 31(2);

“representations” means written representations or with the consent of the Tribunal, or at the Tribunal’s request, oral representations;

“respondent” means a person, not being the referrer or a witness, who takes part in reference proceedings (including, when not being the referrer, the Attorney General or the Commission);

“respondent’s notice” means a notice filed in accordance with rule 39(2);

“response” means the document filed by the Commission under rule 18 in response to the appeal notice;

“response document” means—

(i)

in relation to the Commission, the Commission’s response, and

(ii)

in relation to an appellant, the appellant’s reply;

“supplementary statement” means a statement that is supplementary to a response document and filed in accordance with a direction given by the Tribunal;

“Tribunal” means the Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland established under section 12(1) of the Act;

“working day” means any day except for a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(1).

(3) Unless the context requires otherwise, and without prejudice to any provision of these Rules relating to who is authorised to act as a party’s representative, anything permitted or required by these Rules to be done by a party may be done by the representative of that party.

(1)

1971 c.80.