{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-northern-ireland-2008/section-165",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-northern-ireland-2008/section-165.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2008/12",
  "legislation_title": "Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "section/165",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "165",
  "heading": "Application of Act in relation to designated religious charities",
  "text": "(1) Sections 33 to 36 do not apply to a designated religious charity.\n(2) The Department may by order provide—\n(a) that such other provisions made by or under this Act as may be specified, are not to apply to a designated religious charity; or\n(b) that such other provisions made by or under this Act as may be specified, are to apply to a designated religious charity with such modifications as may be specified.\n(3) No order shall be made under this section unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the Assembly.\n(4) In this section—\n“designated religious charity”—\n(a)means a charity in relation to which a designation under section 166 is made and has not been withdrawn, and\n(b)includes any component element of such a charity which is itself a charity (whether or not having as its principal purpose the advancement of religion);\n“specified” means specified in the order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/165",
    "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."
}