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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-charities-northern-ireland-order-2007/article-91",
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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/91",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "91",
  "heading": "Remuneration of trustees etc. providing services to charity",
  "text": "(1) This Article applies to remuneration for services provided by a person to or on behalf of a charity where—\n(a) he is a charity trustee or trustee for the charity, or\n(b) he is connected with a charity trustee or trustee for the charity and the remuneration might result in that trustee obtaining any benefit.\nThis is subject to paragraph (7).\n(2) If conditions A to D are met in relation to remuneration within paragraph (1), the person providing the services (“the relevant person”) is entitled to receive the remuneration out of the funds of the charity.\n(3) Condition A is that the amount or maximum amount of the remuneration—\n(a) is set out in an agreement in writing between—\n(i) the charity or its charity trustees (as the case may be), and\n(ii) the relevant person,\nunder which the relevant person is to provide the services in question to or on behalf of the charity, and\n(b) does not exceed what is reasonable in the circumstances for the provision by that person of the services in question.\n(4) Condition B is that, before entering into that agreement, the charity trustees decided that they were satisfied that it would be in the best interests of the charity for the services to be provided by the relevant person to or on behalf of the charity for the amount or maximum amount of remuneration set out in the agreement.\n(5) Condition C is that if immediately after the agreement is entered into there is, in the case of the charity, more than one person who is a charity trustee and is—\n(a) a person in respect of whom an agreement within paragraph (3) is in force, or\n(b) a person who is entitled to receive remuneration out of the funds of the charity otherwise than by virtue of such an agreement, or\n(c) a person connected with a person falling within sub-paragraph (a) or (b),\nthe total number of them constitute a minority of the persons for the time being holding office as charity trustees of the charity.\n(6) Condition D is that the trusts of the charity do not contain any express provision that prohibits the relevant person from receiving the remuneration.\n(7) Nothing in this Article applies to—\n(a) any remuneration for services provided by a person in his capacity as a charity trustee or trustee for a charity or under a contract of employment, or\n(b) any remuneration not within sub-paragraph (a) which a person is entitled to receive out of the funds of a charity by virtue of any provision or order within paragraph (8).\n(8) The provisions or orders within this paragraph are—\n(a) any provision contained in the trusts of the charity,\n(b) any order of the Court or the Commission,\n(c) any statutory provision other than this Article.\n(9) Article 92 applies for the purposes of this Article.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110800677/article/91",
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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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