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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-2008-act-commencement-no-5-order-northern-ireland-2014/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2014/18",
  "legislation_title": "The Charities (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-2008-act-commencement-no-5-order-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into operation of—\n(a) section 68(3) (annual reports), for the purpose only of giving effect to section 70(2);\n(b) section 70 (annual returns by charities), in so far as not already in operation;\n(c) section 71 (offences), in so far as it relates to section 70(2);\n(d) section 168 (manner of giving notice of charity meetings, etc.);\n(e) section 169 (manner of executing documents), except in so far as subsection (3) relates to the official custodian;\n(f) section 170 (transfer and evidence of title to property vested in trustees); and\n(g) section 178 (restriction on institution of proceedings for certain offences), in so far as not already in operation,\nis 1st April 2014.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 70(1) was amended by paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 (c. 3 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 169 was amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 1 to the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2013"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/18/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:08:25.538810+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}