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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/167</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/institutions-which-are-not-charities-under-the-law-of-northern-ireland" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/part/14/crossheading/institutions-which-are-not-charities-under-the-law-of-northern-ireland" NumberOfProvisions="1" id="part-14-crossheading-institutions-which-are-not-charities-under-the-law-of-northern-ireland" Status="Prospective" Match="false"><Title><Emphasis>Institutions which are not charities under the law of Northern Ireland</Emphasis></Title><P1group Status="Prospective" ConfersPower="true" Match="false"><Title>Institutions which are not charities under the law of Northern Ireland</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/167" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/167" id="section-167"><Pnumber PuncAfter="">167</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/167/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/167/1" id="section-167-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This section applies to any institution—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/167/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/167/1/a" id="section-167-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>which is not a charity under the law of Northern Ireland, but</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/167/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/167/1/b" id="section-167-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>which operates for charitable purposes in or from Northern Ireland.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/167/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/167/2" id="section-167-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In this section, an institution to which this section applies is referred to as  “<Term id="term-a-section-167-institution">a section 167 institution</Term>”.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/167/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/167/3" id="section-167-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The trustees of a section 167 institution shall prepare in respect of each financial year of the institution—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/167/3/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/167/3/a" id="section-167-3-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>a financial statement, and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/167/3/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/167/3/b" id="section-167-3-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>a statement of activities,</Text></P3para></P3><Text>relating to its operations for charitable purposes in or from Northern Ireland.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/167/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/167/4" id="section-167-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The financial statement and the statement of activities shall comply with such requirements as to their form and contents as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Department.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/167/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/167/5" id="section-167-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Department may by order make such provision as it considers appropriate with respect to section 167 institutions in relation to their operations for charitable purposes in or from Northern Ireland.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 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DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/167/6/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/167/6/c" id="section-167-6-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>disapply, or modify (in ways specified in the order) the application of, any statutory provision which would otherwise apply to section 167 institutions.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/167/7" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/167/7" id="section-167-7"><Pnumber>7</Pnumber><P2para><Text>No order may be made under this section unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the Assembly.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/167/8" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/167/8" id="section-167-8"><Pnumber>8</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Nothing in this section prejudices the generality of section 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