{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-5/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-5/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2008/12",
  "legislation_title": "Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In section 57(2) “connected person”, in relation to a charity, means any person who falls within sub-paragraph (2)—\n(a) at the time of the disposition in question, or\n(b) at the time of any contract for the disposition in question.\n(2) The persons falling within this sub-paragraph are—\n(a) a charity trustee or trustee for the charity;\n(b) a person who is the donor of any land to the charity (whether the gift was made on or after the establishment of the charity);\n(c) a child, parent, grandchild, grandparent, brother or sister of any such trustee or donor;\n(d) an officer, agent or employee of the charity;\n(e) the spouse or civil partner of any person falling within any of heads (a) to (d);\n(f) a person carrying on business in partnership with anyone falling within any of heads (a) to (e);\n(g) an institution which is controlled—\n(i) by any person falling within any of heads (a) to (f), or\n(ii) by two or more such persons taken together; or\n(h) a body corporate in which—\n(i) any connected person falling within any of heads (a) to (g) has a substantial interest, or\n(ii) two or more such persons, taken together, have a substantial interest.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 1 partly in operation; Sch. 5 para. 1 not in operation at Royal Assent see s. 185(1); Sch. 5 para. 1 in operation for certain purposes at 18.2.2011 by S.R. 2011/11, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/schedule/5/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:21.326157+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."
}