Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2013

Debt relief orders, debt relief restrictions orders and bankruptcy restrictions orders

3.—(1) The 2008 Act shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 33 (power to act for protection of charities), in subsection (4)(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (ii) there shall be added “or

“(iii) having previously been the subject of a debt relief order, has been discharged from all the qualifying debts under the debt relief order;”.

(3) In section 86 (persons disqualified for being trustees of a charity)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) in paragraph (b), after the word “discharged” there shall be inserted the words “or D is the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order”;

(ii) after paragraph (g) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(h) D is subject to—

(i) a moratorium period under a debt relief order; or

(ii) a debt relief restrictions order.”;

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) in paragraph (b), for the words “or the sequestration” there shall be substituted the words “, the sequestration or the making of the bankruptcy restrictions order”;

(ii) in paragraph (d), for “(g) there shall be substituted “(h)”;

(c) in subsection (3), after “subsection (1)(b)” insert “or (h)”.

(4) In section 87 (person acting as charity trustee while disqualified), in subsection (2)(b) for “or (g)” there shall be substituted “,(g) or (h)”.