http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/173Charities 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 Database2026-01-29Expert Participation2022-03-30 PART 14 1731If a person fails to comply with any requirement imposed by or under this Act then (subject to subsection (2)) the Commission may by order give that person such directions as it considers appropriate for securing that the default is made good.2Subsection (1) does not apply to any such requirement if—aa person who fails to comply with, or is persistently in default in relation to, the requirement is liable to any criminal penalty; orbthe requirement is imposed—iby an order of the Commission to which section 174 applies, oriiby a direction of the Commission to which that section applies by virtue of section 176(2).