{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-charities-northern-ireland-order-2007/article-128",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110800677",
  "legislation_title": "The Charities (Northern Ireland) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-charities-northern-ireland-order-2007",
  "path": "article/128",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "128",
  "heading": "Power to modify powers or procedures of unincorporated charity",
  "text": "(1) This Article applies to any charity which is not a company or other body corporate.\n(2) The charity trustees of such a charity may resolve for the purposes of this Article that any provision of the trusts of the charity—\n(a) relating to any of the powers exercisable by the charity trustees in the administration of the charity, or\n(b) regulating the procedure to be followed in any respect in connection with its administration,\nshould be modified in such manner as is specified in the resolution.\n(3) Paragraph (4) applies if the charity is an unincorporated association with a body of members distinct from the charity trustees.\n(4) Any resolution of the charity trustees under paragraph (2) must be approved by a further resolution which is passed at a general meeting of the body either—\n(a) by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members entitled to attend and vote at the meeting who vote on the resolution, or\n(b) by a decision taken without a vote and without any expression of dissent in response to the question put to the meeting.\n(5) Where—\n(a) the charity trustees have passed a resolution under paragraph (2), and\n(b) (if paragraph (4) applies) a further resolution has been passed under that paragraph,\nthe trusts of the charity are to be taken to have been modified in accordance with the terms of the resolution.\n(6) The trusts are to be taken to have been so modified as from such date as is specified for this purpose in the resolution under paragraph (2), or (if later) the date when any such further resolution was passed under paragraph (4).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110800677/article/128",
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  "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."
}