{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-charities-northern-ireland-order-2007/article-57",
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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/57",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Proceedings by other persons",
  "text": "(1) Charity proceedings may be taken with reference to a charity either by the charity, or by any of the charity trustees, or by any person interested in the charity, but not by any other person.\n(2) Subject to the following provisions of this Article, no charity proceedings relating to a charity shall be entertained or proceeded with in any court unless the taking of the proceedings is authorised by order of the Commission.\n(3) The Commission shall not, without special reasons, authorise the taking of charity proceedings where in its opinion the case can be dealt with by the Commission under the powers of this Order other than those conferred by Article 56.\n(4) This Article shall not require any order for the taking of proceedings in a pending cause or matter or for the bringing of any appeal.\n(5) Where the foregoing provisions of this Article require the taking of charity proceedings to be authorised by an order of the Commission, the proceedings may nevertheless be entertained or proceeded with if, after the order had been applied for and refused, leave to take the proceedings was obtained from one of the judges of the High Court attached to the Chancery Division.\n(6) Nothing in the foregoing paragraphs shall apply to the taking of proceedings by the Attorney General, with or without a relator, or to the taking of proceedings by the Commission in accordance with Article 56.\n(7) Where it appears to the Commission, on an application for an order under this Article or otherwise, that it is desirable for legal proceedings to be taken with reference to any charity or its property or affairs, and for the proceedings to be taken by the Attorney General, the Commission shall so inform the Attorney General, and send him such statements and particulars as the Commission thinks necessary to explain the matter.\n(8) In this Article “charity proceedings” means proceedings in any court in Northern Ireland brought under the court’s jurisdiction with respect to charities, or brought under the court’s jurisdiction with respect to trusts in relation to the administration of a trust for charitable purposes.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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."
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