http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/113Charities 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 1131The Commission shall consult those to whom it has given notice of an application for conversion under section 112(4) about whether the application should be granted.2The Commission shall refuse an application for conversion if—ait is not satisfied that the CIO would be a charity at the time it would be registered,bthe CIO's proposed constitution does not comply with one or more of the requirements of section 106 and any regulations made under that section, orcin the case of an application for conversion made by a company limited by guarantee, the CIO's proposed constitution does not comply with the requirements of subsections (9) and (10) of section 112.3The Commission may refuse an application for conversion if—athe proposed name of the CIO is the same as, or is in the opinion of the Commission too like, the name of any other charity (whether registered or not),bthe Commission is of the opinion referred to in any of paragraphs (b) to (e) of section 20(2) (power of Commission to require change in charity's name) in relation to the proposed name of the CIO (reading paragraph (b) as referring to the proposed purposes of the CIO and to the activities which it is proposed it should carry on), orchaving considered any representations received from those whom it has consulted under subsection (1), the Commission considers (having regard to any regulations made under subsection (4)) that it would not be appropriate to grant the application.4The Department may make provision in regulations about circumstances in which it would not be appropriate to grant an application for conversion.5If the Commission refuses an application for conversion, it shall so notify the appropriate registrar (see section 112(12)).