http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/39Charities 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 6 391The Commission may not—amake any order under this Act to establish a scheme for the administration of a charity, orbsubmit such a scheme to the Court or the Department for an order giving it effect,unless, before doing so, the Commission has complied with the publicity requirement in subsection (2).This is subject to any disapplication of that requirement under subsection (4).2The publicity requirement is that the Commission must give public notice of its proposals, inviting representations to be made to it within a period specified in the notice.3The time when any such notice is given or any such communication takes place is to be decided by the Commission.4The Commission may determine that the publicity requirement is not to apply in relation to a particular scheme if it is satisfied that—aby reason of the nature of the scheme, orbfor any other reason,compliance with the requirement is unnecessary.5Where the Commission gives public notice of any proposals under this section, the Commission—amust take into account any representations made to it within the period specified in the notice, andbmay (without further notice) proceed with the proposals either without modifications or with such modifications as it thinks desirable.6Where the Commission makes an order under this Act to establish a scheme for the administration of a charity, a copy of the order must be available, for at least a month after the order is published, for public inspection at all reasonable times at the Commission's office.7Any public notice of any proposals which is to be given under this section—ais to contain such particulars of the proposals, or such directions for obtaining information about them, as the Commission thinks sufficient and appropriate, andbis to be given in such manner as the Commission thinks sufficient and appropriate.