http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/160Charities 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 31601In this Part—“charitable institution” means—a charity, oran institution (other than a charity) which is established for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes; and“collector”, in relation to a public charitable collection, means any person by whom the appeal in question is made (whether made by that person alone or with others and whether made by that person for remuneration or otherwise).2In this Part, “charitable appeal”, “collection in a public place”, “door to door collection” and “public charitable collection” shall be construed in accordance with section 131(2).