{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-northern-ireland-2008/section-55",
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  "legislation": "nia/2008/12",
  "legislation_title": "Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "section/55",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Report of section 22 inquiry to be evidence in certain proceedings",
  "text": "(1) A copy of the report of the person conducting an inquiry under section 22 shall, if certified by the Commission to be a true copy, be admissible in any proceedings to which this section applies—\n(a) as evidence of any fact stated in the report; and\n(b) as evidence of the opinion of that person as to any matter referred to in it.\n(2) This section applies to—\n(a) any legal proceedings instituted by the Commission under this Part; and\n(b) any legal proceedings instituted by the Attorney General in respect of a charity.\n(3) A document purporting to be a certificate issued for the purposes of subsection (1) shall be received in evidence and be deemed to be such a certificate, unless the contrary is proved.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/12/section/55",
    "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."
}