http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/158Charities 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 21581The Department may make such regulations as appear to it to be necessary or desirable for or in connection with regulating charity fund-raising.2In this section “charity fund-raising” means activities which are carried on by—acharitable institutions,bpersons managing charitable institutions, orcpersons or companies connected with such institutions,and involve soliciting or otherwise procuring funds for the benefit of such institutions or companies connected with them, or for general charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes.But “activities” does not include primary purpose trading.3Regulations under this section may, in particular, impose a good practice requirement on the persons managing charitable institutions in circumstances where—athose institutions,bthe persons managing them, orcpersons or companies connected with such institutions,are engaged in charity fund-raising.4A “good practice requirement” is a requirement to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the fund-raising is carried out in such a way that—ait does not unreasonably intrude on the privacy of those from whom funds are being solicited or procured;bit does not involve the making of unreasonably persistent approaches to persons to donate funds;cit does not result in undue pressure being placed on persons to donate funds;dit does not involve the making of any false or misleading representation about any of the matters mentioned in subsection (5).5The matters are—athe extent or urgency of any need for funds on the part of any charitable institution or company connected with such an institution;bany use to which funds donated in response to the fund-raising are to be put by such an institution or company;cthe activities, achievements or finances of such an institution or company.6Regulations under this section may provide that a person who persistently fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any specified requirement of the regulations is to be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.7For the purposes of this section—a“funds” means money or other property;b“general charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes” means charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes other than those associated with one or more particular institutions;cthe persons “managing” a charitable institution are the charity trustees or other persons having the general control and management of the administration of the institution; andda person is “connected” with a charitable institution if the person is an employee or agent of—ithe institution,iithe persons managing it, oriiia company connected with it,or the person is a volunteer acting on behalf of the institution or such a company.8In this section “primary purpose trading”, in relation to a charitable institution, means any trade carried on by the institution or a company connected with it where—athe trade is carried on in the course of the actual carrying out of a primary purpose of the institution; orbthe work in connection with the trade is mainly carried out by beneficiaries of the institution.9No regulations shall be made under this section unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the Assembly.