Citation and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Charities (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 7) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015.
(2) In this Order any reference to a numbered section or Schedule is a reference to a section of, or Schedule to, the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
Appointed day
2.—(1) The day appointed for the coming into operation of sections 64(6) (annual statements of accounts) and 65(10)(a) (annual audit or examination of charity accounts), for the purpose only of authorising the making of orders, is 28th November 2015.
(2) The day appointed for the coming into operation of sections 68(1)(a) and (2) (annual reports) and 72 (group accounts) and paragraphs 3(3) to (5), 4(2) and (3), 6(2), 8(3), 10(2) and (3) and 13 of Schedule 6 (group accounts), for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations, is 28th November 2015.
(3) The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions specified in the Schedule is 1st January 2016.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 27th November 2015
(L.S.)
Chris Hughes
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development