Article 2 InterpretationI1

A reference in these Rules to a rule by number alone means the rule so numbered in these Rules.

In these Rules, unless the context requires otherwise—

• “the Act” means the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008;

• “appeal” means an appeal to the Tribunal under the Act or, where appropriate, an appeal to the Court from the Tribunal’s decision under section 14 of the Act;

• “appeal notice” means an appeal or application filed under rule 17(1);

• “appellant” means a person who makes an appeal or an application to the Tribunal;

• “appellant’s reply” means a reply filed by an appellant under rule 19;

• “applicant” means a party (as defined in these Rules) who seeks permission to bring an appeal to the Court against a decision of the Tribunal under section 14 of the Act;

• “application” means an application to the Tribunal for the review of a reviewable matter in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 3 to the Act;

• “Commission” means the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland under section 6 of the Act;

• “Commission’s final decision” means the definitive decision of the Commission that is the subject matter of the appeal or application;

• “direction” includes any direction or order given or made by the Tribunal;

• “document” means anything in which information is recorded in any form, and an obligation under these Rules to provide or allow access to a document or a copy of a document for any purpose means, unless the Tribunal directs otherwise, an obligation to provide or allow access to such documents or copy in a legible form or in a form which can be readily made into a legible form;

• “file” means send to the Tribunal;

• “legal representative” means a solicitor or barrister in Northern Ireland;

• “party” means an appellant (including the Attorney General when the Attorney General makes an appeal or application to the Tribunal) or the Commission and “other party” shall be construed accordingly;

• “reference” means the referral by the Commission or the Attorney General of a question for the determination of the Tribunal in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 to the Act;

• “reference notice” means a reference filed under rule 38(2);

• “referrer” means the person making a reference to the Tribunal, being either the Commission or the Attorney General;

• “register” means the register kept by the Tribunal under rule 31(2);

• “representations” means written representations or with the consent of the Tribunal, or at the Tribunal’s request, oral representations;

• “respondent” means a person, not being the referrer or a witness, who takes part in reference proceedings (including, when not being the referrer, the Attorney General or the Commission);

• “respondent’s notice” means a notice filed in accordance with rule 39(2);

• “response” means the document filed by the Commission under rule 18 in response to the appeal notice;

• “response document” means—

  1. (i)

     in relation to the Commission, the Commission’s response, and

  2. (ii)

     in relation to an appellant, the appellant’s reply;

• “supplementary statement” means a statement that is supplementary to a response document and filed in accordance with a direction given by the Tribunal;

• “Tribunal” means the Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland established under section 12(1) of the Act;

• “working day” means any day except for a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f1.

Unless the context requires otherwise, and without prejudice to any provision of these Rules relating to who is authorised to act as a party’s representative, anything permitted or required by these Rules to be done by a party may be done by the representative of that party.