http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/84Charities 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 9 CHAPTER 1841Where the Commission is satisfied—athat an incorporated body has no assets or does not operate, orbthat the relevant charity in the case of an incorporated body has ceased to exist, orcthat the institution previously constituting, or treated by the Commission as constituting, any such charity has ceased to be, or (as the case may be) was not at the time of the body's incorporation, a charity, ordthat the purposes of the relevant charity in the case of an incorporated body have been achieved so far as is possible or are in practice incapable of being achieved,the Commission may of its own motion make an order dissolving the body as from such date as is specified in the order.2Where the Commission is satisfied, on the application of the trustees of the relevant charity in the case of an incorporated body, that it would be in the interests of the charity for that body to be dissolved, the Commission may make an order dissolving the body as from such date as is specified in the order.3Subject to subsection (4), an order made under this section with respect to an incorporated body shall have the effect of vesting in the trustees of the relevant charity, in trust for that charity, all property for the time being vested—ain the body, orbin any other person (apart from the official custodian),in trust for that charity.4If the Commission so directs in the order—aall or any specified part of that property shall, instead of vesting in the trustees of the relevant charity, vest—iin a specified person as trustee for, or nominee of, that charity, oriiin such persons (other than the trustees of the relevant charity) as may be specified;bany specified investments, or any specified class or description of investments, held by any person in trust for the relevant charity shall be transferred—ito the trustees of that charity, oriito any such person or persons as is or are mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii);and for this purpose “specified” means specified by the Commission in the order.5Where an order to which this subsection applies is made with respect to an incorporated body—aany rights or liabilities of the body shall become rights or liabilities of the trustees of the relevant charity; andbany legal proceedings that might have been continued or commenced by or against the body may be continued or commenced by or against those trustees.6Subsection (5) applies to any order under this section by virtue of which—aany property vested as mentioned in subsection (3) is vested—iin the trustees of the relevant charity, oriiin any person as trustee for, or nominee of, that charity; orbany investments held by any person in trust for the relevant charity are required to be transferred—ito the trustees of that charity, oriito any person as trustee for, or nominee of, that charity.