http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/40Charities 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 401The Commission may not make any order under this Act to appoint, discharge or remove a charity trustee or trustee for a charity, other than—aan order relating to the official custodian, orban order under section 33(1)(ii),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 is to be decided by the Commission.4The Commission may determine that the publicity requirement is not to apply in relation to a particular order if it is satisfied that for any reason compliance with the requirement is unnecessary.5Before the Commission makes an order under this Act to remove, without the consent of the person concerned, a person who is—aa charity trustee or trustee for a charity, orban officer, agent or employee of a charity,the Commission must give to that person not less than one month's notice of its proposals, inviting representations to be made to it within a period specified in the notice.This does not apply if the person cannot be found or has no known address.6Where the Commission gives 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.7Any 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, andb(in the case of a public notice) is to be given in such manner as the Commission thinks sufficient and appropriate.8Any notice to be given under subsection (5)—amay be given by post, andbif given by post, may be addressed to the recipient's last known address.