http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/106Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008An 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.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-05-28Expert Participation2022-03-30 PART 11 1061A CIO's constitution shall state—aits name,bits purposes, andcwhether or not its members are liable to contribute to its assets if it is wound up, and (if they are) up to what amount.2A CIO's constitution shall make provision—aabout who is eligible for membership, and how a person becomes a member,babout the appointment of one or more persons who are to be charity trustees of the CIO, and about any conditions of eligibility for appointment, andccontaining directions about the application of property of the CIO on its dissolution.3A CIO's constitution shall also provide for such other matters, and comply with such requirements, as are specified in regulations made by the Department.4A CIO's constitution shall be in the form specified in regulations made by the Commission, or as near to that form as the circumstances admit.5Subject to anything in a CIO's constitution: a charity trustee of the CIO may, but need not, be a member of it; a member of the CIO may, but need not, be one of its charity trustees; and those who are members of the CIO and those who are its charity trustees may, but need not, be identical.