# The Charities (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 S.R. 2013/145 · made 29 May 2013 This Order brings into operation provisions of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 relating to the establishment and maintenance of a register of charities. Made under: Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (Section 185) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/charities-2008-act-commencement-no-4-order-northern-ireland-2013/pdf/nisr_20130145_en.pdf ## Introductory text Charities Made 29th May 2013 The Department for Social Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 185(1) of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. ## 1 Citation This Order may be cited as the Charities (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013. ## 2 Appointed day The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 specified in the Schedule is 24th June 2013. ## Signature Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 29th May 2013 (L.S.) Michael Daly A senior officer of the Department for Social Development ## Provisions brought into operation on 24th June 2013 Provision of the Act Subject matter Section 16 Register of charities Section 17 Duties of trustees in connection with registration Section 18 Effect of, and claims and objections to, registration Section 19 Status of registered charity to appear on official publications, etc. Section 20 in so far as not already in operation Power of Commission to require charity’s name to be changed Section 21 in so far as not already in operation Effect of direction under section 20 where charity is a company Section 26 Occasions for applying property cy-près Section 27 Application cy-près of gifts of donors unknown or disclaiming Section 28 Application cy-près of gifts made in response to certain solicitations Section 29 Cy-près schemes Section 30 Charities governed by charter Section 91(1)(a), (2) (in so far as it relates to paragraph (a) of subsection (1)), (3), (4) and (6)(a) Power to relieve trustees, auditors, etc. from liability for breach of trust or duty Section 96 Alteration of objects Section 98 Consent of Commission required for approval etc by members of charitable companies Section 99 Consent of Commission required for certain acts of charitable company Section 100 Requirement to disclose charitable status Section 101 Civil consequences of failure to make required disclosure Section 102 Criminal consequences of failure to make required disclosure Section 123 Power to transfer all property of unincorporated charity Section 124 Resolution not to take effect or to take effect at later date Section 125 Transfer where charity has permanent endowment Section 126 Power to replace purposes of unincorporated charity Section 127 Power to modify powers or procedures of unincorporated charity Section 128 Power of unincorporated charities to spend capital: general Section 129 Power of larger unincorporated charities to spend capital given for particular purpose Section 130 Power to spend capital subject to special trusts Section 156 False statements relating to institutions which are not registered charities Section 159(1) and (6) (in so far as it relates to section 156) Interpretation of Chapter 2 Section 161 (except subsection (11)) Register of charity mergers Section 162 Register of charity mergers: supplementary Section 163 Pre-merger vesting declarations Section 164 Effect of registering charity merger on gifts to transferor Section 165 Application of Act in relation to designated religious charities Section 166 Designation, etc. of religious charities Section 171 Supply by Commission of copies of documents open to public inspection Section 178(2)(a) Restriction on institution of proceedings for certain offences Schedule 8, paragraphs 8, 10, 11, 12(b) and 13(1) and (2) and section 183 in so far as it relates to those paragraphs Minor and consequential amendments In Schedule 9 the repeal of— Repeals the Charities (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 in so far as it relates to Articles 3 to 5, 9 and 9B to 9BB; the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 in so far as it relates to sections 1, 5, 13 and 22 to 24 and section 184 in so far as it relates to those repeals ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order brings into operation provisions of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 relating to the establishment and maintenance of a register of charities. The Order also commences provisions relating to charity names, application of property cy-près, charities governed by Royal charter, relief of trustees from liability, alteration of objects and certain other consents required from the Commission by incorporated charities, requirement to disclose charitable status, powers of unincorporated charities, false statements concerning institutions which are not registered charities, charity mergers, designated religious charities, supply of documents open to public inspection and a restriction on the institution of proceedings for certain offences. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/145 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/charities-2008-act-commencement-no-4-order-northern-ireland-2013 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.