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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/102</dc:identifier><dc:title>Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to provide for the establishment and functions of the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland and the Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland; to make provision about the law of charities, including provision about charitable incorporated organisations; to make further provision about public charitable collections and other fund-raising carried on in connection with charities and other institutions; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-01-29</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2022-03-30</dct:valid>
					
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          <Strong>PART 10</Strong>
        </Number><Title>CHARITABLE COMPANIES</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2013-06-24"><Title>Criminal consequences of failure to make required disclosure</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/102" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/102" id="section-102"><Pnumber PuncAfter="">102</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/102/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/102/1" id="section-102-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where a company fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 100, an offence is committed by—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/102/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/102/1/a" id="section-102-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the company, and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/102/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/102/1/b" id="section-102-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>every officer of the company who is in default.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/102/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/102/2" id="section-102-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>For this purpose a shadow director of the company is treated as an officer of the company if the failure is to comply with section 100(1)(a) and that person would be treated as an officer of the company for the purposes of the corresponding requirement of regulations under section 82 of the Companies Act 2006 (c. 46).</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/102/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/102/3" id="section-102-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A person guilty of such an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/102/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/102/4" id="section-102-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Expressions used in this section have the same meaning as in section 84 of the Companies Act 2006 (criminal consequences of failure to disclose company's registered name).</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Part></Body></Primary></Legislation>