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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/120</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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        </Number><Title>CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONS</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/part/11/crossheading/miscellaneous" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/part/11/crossheading/miscellaneous" NumberOfProvisions="3" Status="Prospective" Match="false" id="part-11-crossheading-miscellaneous"><Title><Emphasis>Miscellaneous</Emphasis></Title><P1group Status="Prospective" Match="false"><Title>Power to transfer all property of unincorporated charity to one or more CIOs</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/120" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/120" id="section-120"><Pnumber PuncAfter="">120</Pnumber><P1para><Text>Section 123 (power to transfer all property of unincorporated charity) applies with the omission of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) in relation to a resolution by the charity trustees of a charity to transfer all its property to a <Acronym Expansion="Charitable Incorporated Organisation">CIO</Acronym> or to divide its property between two or more CIOs.</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary></Legislation>