The Charities (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014

Made: 27th January 2014

The Department for Social Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 185(1) of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008[^f00001].

Citation and interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Charities (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014.

• (2) In this Order any reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Appointed day

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The day appointed for the coming into operation of—

• (a) section 68(3) (annual reports), for the purpose only of giving effect to section 70(2);

• (b) section 70[^f00002] (annual returns by charities), in so far as not already in operation;

• (c) section 71 (offences), in so far as it relates to section 70(2);

• (d) section 168 (manner of giving notice of charity meetings, etc.);

• (e) section 169[^f00003] (manner of executing documents), except in so far as subsection (3) relates to the official custodian;

• (f) section 170 (transfer and evidence of title to property vested in trustees); and

• (g) section 178 (restriction on institution of proceedings for certain offences), in so far as not already in operation,

is 1st April 2014.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 27th January 2014

Michael Daly — A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into operation provisions of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 relating to annual returns by charities and certain other matters.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 c. 12 (N.I.)

[^f00002]: Section 70(1) was amended by paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 (c. 3 (N.I.))

[^f00003]: Section 169 was amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 1 to the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2013