http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/111Charities 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 Database2026-01-29Expert Participation2022-03-30 PART 11 1111If the Commission grants an application under section 110 it shall register the CIO to which the application relates as a charity in the register of charities.2Upon the registration of the CIO in the register of charities, it becomes by virtue of the registration a body corporate—awhose constitution is that proposed in the application,bwhose name is that specified in the constitution, andcwhose first member is, or first members are, the applicants referred to in section 110.3All property for the time being vested in the applicants (or, if more than one, any of them) on trust for the charitable purposes of the CIO (when incorporated) shall by virtue of this subsection becomes vested in the CIO upon its registration.4The entry relating to the charity's registration in the register of charities shall include—athe date of the charity's registration, andba note saying that it is constituted as a CIO.5A copy of the entry in the register shall be sent to the charity at the principal office of the CIO.