{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-charities-northern-ireland-order-2007/article-23",
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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/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Effect of direction under Article 22 where charity is a company",
  "text": "(1) Where any direction is given under Article 22 with respect to a charity which is a company, the direction shall be taken to require the name of the charity to be changed by resolution of the directors of the company.\n(2) Article 388 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (NI 6) (registration etc. of resolutions and agreements) shall apply to any resolution passed by the directors in compliance with any such direction.\n(3) Where the name of such a charity is changed in compliance with any such direction, the registrar of companies—\n(a) shall, subject to Article 36 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (prohibition on registration of certain names), enter the new name on the register of companies in place of the former name, and\n(b) shall issue a certificate of incorporation altered to meet the circumstances of the case;\nand the change of name has effect from the date on which the altered certificate is issued.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110800677/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:17:23.710359+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."
}