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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/162</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>2026-01-29</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2022-03-30</dct:valid>
					
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          <Strong>PART 14</Strong>
        </Number><Title>MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/part/14/crossheading/merger-of-charities" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/part/14/crossheading/merger-of-charities" NumberOfProvisions="4" id="part-14-crossheading-merger-of-charities" RestrictStartDate="2013-06-24"><Title><Emphasis>Merger of charities</Emphasis></Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2013-06-24"><Title>Register of charity mergers: supplementary</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/162" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/162" id="section-162"><Pnumber PuncAfter="">162</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/162/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/162/1" id="section-162-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Subsection (2) applies to the entry to be made in the register in respect of a relevant charity merger, as required by section 161(3).</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/162/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/162/2" id="section-162-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The entry must—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/162/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/162/2/a" id="section-162-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>specify the date when the transfer or transfers of property involved in the merger took place,</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/162/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/162/2/b" id="section-162-2-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>if a vesting declaration was made in connection with the merger, set out the matters mentioned in section 161(9), and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/162/2/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/162/2/c" id="section-162-2-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>contain such other particulars of the merger as the Commission thinks fit.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/162/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/162/3" id="section-162-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The register shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/162/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/162/4" id="section-162-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where any information contained in the register is not in documentary form, subsection (3) shall be construed as requiring the information to be available for public inspection in legible form at all reasonable times.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/162/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/162/5" id="section-162-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In this section—</Text><UnorderedList Decoration="none" Class="Definition"><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term id="term-the-register">the register</Term>” means the register of charity mergers;</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term id="term-relevant-charity-merger">relevant charity merger</Term>” has the same meaning as in section 161.</Text></Para></ListItem></UnorderedList></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary></Legislation>