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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/59</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 7</Strong>
        </Number><Title>CHARITY LAND</Title><P1group Status="Prospective" ConfersPower="true" Match="false"><Title>Release of charity rentcharges</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/59" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/59" id="section-59"><Pnumber PuncAfter="">59</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/59/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/59/1" id="section-59-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Section 57(1) and section 58 shall not apply to the release by a charity of a rentcharge which it is entitled to receive if the release is given in consideration of the payment of an amount which is not less than 9 times the annual amount of the rentcharge.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/59/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/59/2" id="section-59-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where a charity which is entitled to receive a rentcharge releases it in consideration of the payment of an amount not exceeding £500, any costs incurred by the charity in connection with proving its title to the rentcharge shall be recoverable by the charity from the person or persons in whose favour the rentcharge is being released.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/59/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/59/3" id="section-59-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Department may by order—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/59/3/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/59/3/a" id="section-59-3-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>amend subsection (1) by substituting a different multiplier for the multiplier for the time being specified there, or</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/59/3/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/59/3/b" id="section-59-3-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>amend subsection (2) by substituting a different sum for the sum for the time being specified there.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Part></Body></Primary></Legislation>