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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/82</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 9</Strong>
        </Number><Title>CHARITY TRUSTEES</Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/part/9/chapter/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/part/9/chapter/1" NumberOfProvisions="13" id="part-9-chapter-1" Status="Prospective" Match="false"><Number>CHAPTER 1</Number><Title>INCORPORATION OF CHARITY TRUSTEES</Title><P1group Status="Prospective" Match="false"><Title>Gifts to charity before incorporation to have same effect afterwards</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/82" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2008/12/section/82" id="section-82"><Pnumber PuncAfter="">82</Pnumber><P1para><Text>After the incorporation of the trustees of any charity under this Chapter every donation, gift and disposition of property, real or personal, lawfully made before the incorporation but not having actually taken effect, or thereafter lawfully made, by deed, will or otherwise to or in favour of the charity, or the trustees of the charity, or otherwise for the purposes of the charity, shall take effect as if made to or in favour of the incorporated body or otherwise for the like purposes.</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary></Legislation>