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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/171</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>2026-05-28</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/other-matters" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/part/14/crossheading/other-matters" NumberOfProvisions="11" id="part-14-crossheading-other-matters" RestrictStartDate="2016-01-01"><Title><Emphasis>Other matters</Emphasis></Title><P1group RestrictExtent="N.I." RestrictStartDate="2013-06-24"><Title>Supply by Commission of copies of documents open to public inspection</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/171" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/171" id="section-171"><Pnumber PuncAfter="">171</Pnumber><P1para><Text>The Commission shall, at the request of any person, <Substitution ChangeId="key-ca32b5331434801aaf63b9601ef4e243-1465375082031" CommentaryRef="key-ca32b5331434801aaf63b9601ef4e243">provide</Substitution> that person with copies of, or extracts from, any document in the Commission's possession which is for the time being open to inspection under this Act.</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-ca32b5331434801aaf63b9601ef4e243" Type="F"><Para><Text>Word in <CitationSubRef id="c6sxlt2f2-00006" SectionRef="section-171" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/171">s. 171</CitationSubRef> substituted (19.1.2013) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2013/3" id="c6sxlt2f2-00007" Class="NorthernIrelandAct" Year="2013" Number="3" Title="Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2013">Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 (c. 3)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c6sxlt2f2-00008" CitationRef="c6sxlt2f2-00007" SectionRef="section-10-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2013/3/section/10/1">s. 10(1)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c6sxlt2f2-00009" CitationRef="c6sxlt2f2-00007" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-6-1-d" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2013/3/schedule/1/paragraph/6/1/d" Operative="true">Sch. 1 para. 6(1)(d)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>