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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/119</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>2026-05-28</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2022-03-30</dct:valid>
					
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          <Strong>PART 11</Strong>
        </Number><Title>CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONS</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/part/11/crossheading/winding-up-insolvency-and-dissolution" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/part/11/crossheading/winding-up-insolvency-and-dissolution" NumberOfProvisions="1" Status="Prospective" Match="false" id="part-11-crossheading-winding-up-insolvency-and-dissolution"><Title><Emphasis>Winding up, insolvency and dissolution</Emphasis></Title><P1group Status="Prospective" ConfersPower="true" Match="false"><Title>Regulations about winding up, insolvency and dissolution</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/119" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/119" id="section-119"><Pnumber PuncAfter="">119</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/119/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/119/1" id="section-119-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Department may by regulations make provision about—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/119/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/119/1/a" id="section-119-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the winding up of CIOs,</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/119/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/119/1/b" id="section-119-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>their insolvency,</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/119/1/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/119/1/c" id="section-119-1-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>their dissolution, and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/119/1/d" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/119/1/d" id="section-119-1-d"><Pnumber>d</Pnumber><P3para><Text>their revival and restoration to the register following dissolution.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/119/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/119/2" id="section-119-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The regulations may, in particular, make provision—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/119/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/119/2/a" id="section-119-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>about the transfer on the dissolution of a <Acronym Expansion="Charitable Incorporated Organisation">CIO</Acronym> of its property and rights (including property and rights held on trust for the CIO) to the official custodian or another person or body,</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/119/2/b" 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