{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charity-tribunal-rules-northern-ireland-2010/article-40",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2010/77",
  "legislation_title": "The Charity Tribunal Rules (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charity-tribunal-rules-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "article/40",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Procedure at the reference hearing",
  "text": "(1) After the notice of reference and the respondent’s notice have been filed, the Tribunal must convene a directions hearing.\n(2) The parties must be given 28 days’ notice of the time and place of the hearing under paragraph (1).\n(3) Parts 1, 2 (except for rule 4), 4 (except for rules 24 and 34) and 5 (except for rule 35(1)(c)) apply to the determination of a reference by the Tribunal as they apply to the determination of an appeal or application.\n(4) The referrer may seek the Tribunal’s permission to withdraw a reference made under rule 38.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 40 in operation at 1.4.2010, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/77/article/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:28:18.260790+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."
}