http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/138Charities 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 13 CHAPTER 11381On receiving an application for a public collections certificate made in accordance with section 137, the Commission may make such inquiries (whether under section 140 or otherwise) as it thinks fit.2The Commission shall, after making any such inquiries, determine the application by either—aissuing a public collections certificate in respect of the collections, orbrefusing the application on one or more of the grounds specified in section 139(1).3A public collections certificate—ashall specify such matters as may be prescribed, andbshall (subject to section 142) be in force for—ithe period specified in the application in accordance with section 137(3)(b), oriisuch shorter period as the Commission thinks fit.4The Commission may, at the time of issuing a public collections certificate, attach to the certificate such conditions as it thinks fit.5Conditions attached under subsection (4) may include conditions prescribed for the purposes of that subsection.6The Commission shall secure that the terms of any conditions attached under subsection (4) are consistent with the provisions of any regulations under section 148 (whether or not prescribing conditions for the purposes of that subsection).7Where the Commission—arefuses to issue a certificate, orbattaches any condition to it,it shall serve on the applicant written notice of its decision and the reasons for its decision.8That notice shall also state the right of appeal conferred by Schedule 3 and the time within which such an appeal must be brought.