http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/156Charities 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 21561Where—aa person solicits money or other property for the benefit of an institution in association with a representation that the institution is a registered charity, andbthe institution is not such a charity,that person is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.2In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1), it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that the accused believed on reasonable grounds that the institution was a registered charity.3In this section “registered charity” means a charity which is for the time being registered in the register of charities kept under section 16.