# The Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, Regulation 27: Dispensations from audit or examination requirements


(1) The Commission may—
(a) in the circumstances specified in paragraph (2), dispense with the requirements of section 65(2) or (3) in the case of a particular charity;
(b) in the circumstances specified in paragraph (3), dispense with those requirements in respect of a particular financial year of a charity;
(c) in the circumstances specified in paragraph (4), dispense with the requirements in paragraph 6(4) or 7(2) of Schedule 6 in the case of a particular charity.
(2) The circumstances specified for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) are where the Commission is satisfied that the accounts of the charity concerned—
(a) are required to be audited in accordance with any statutory provision which imposes requirements which, in the opinion of the Commission, are sufficiently similar to the requirements of section 65(2) for those requirements to be dispensed with; or
(b) have been audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
(3) The circumstances specified for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) are where the Commission considers that, although the financial year in question of the charity concerned is one to which section 65(2) or (3) applies, there are exceptional circumstances which justify the examination of the accounts by an independent examiner instead of their audit in accordance with the relevant subsection.
(4) The circumstances specified for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c) are where the Commission is satisfied that the group accounts of the parent charity concerned—
(a) are required to be audited in accordance with any statutory provision which imposes requirements which, in the opinion of the Commission, are sufficiently similar to the requirements of paragraph 6(4) of Schedule 6 for those requirements to be dispensed with; or
(b) have been audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
(5) The Commission must make it a condition of a dispensation granted under this regulation that the charity trustees send to the Commission any report made to the trustees with respect to the accounts of that charity for the relevant financial year of which it requests a copy.
(6) The Commission must make it a condition of a dispensation granted under paragraph (3) that the charity trustees comply with the requirements of section 65(2) or (3), as applicable, as if they were able to make and had in fact made an election under the relevant section that the accounts of the charity for the relevant financial year be examined by an independent examiner.
(7) The Commission may revoke a dispensation granted under this regulation if the charity trustees fail to comply with a condition imposed under paragraph (5) or (6).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/384/regulation/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/charities-accounts-and-reports-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-27
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