
1 
This Order may be cited as the Charities (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013.
2 
The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 specified in the Schedule is 24th June 2013.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 29th May 2013
(L.S.)Michael Daly
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

SCHEDULE
Article 2


Provision of the Act Subject matter
Section 16 Register of charities
Section 17 Duties of trustees in connection with registration
Section 18 Effect of, and claims and objections to, registration
Section 19 Status of registered charity to appear on official publications, etc.
Section 20 in so far as not already in operation Power of Commission to require charity’s name to be changed
Section 21 in so far as not already in operation Effect of direction under section 20 where charity is a company
Section 26 Occasions for applying property cy-près
Section 27 Application cy-près of gifts of donors unknown or disclaiming
Section 28 Application cy-près of gifts made in response to certain solicitations
Section 29 Cy-près schemes
Section 30 Charities governed by charter
Section 91(1)(a), (2) (in so far as it relates to paragraph (a) of subsection (1)), (3), (4) and (6)(a) Power to relieve trustees, auditors, etc. from liability for breach of trust or duty
Section 96 Alteration of objects
Section 98 Consent of Commission required for approval etc by members of charitable companies
Section 99 Consent of Commission required for certain acts of charitable company
Section 100 Requirement to disclose charitable status
Section 101 Civil consequences of failure to make required disclosure
Section 102 Criminal consequences of failure to make required disclosure
Section 123 Power to transfer all property of unincorporated charity
Section 124 Resolution not to take effect or to take effect at later date
Section 125 Transfer where charity has permanent endowment
Section 126 Power to replace purposes of unincorporated charity
Section 127 Power to modify powers or procedures of unincorporated charity
Section 128 Power of unincorporated charities to spend capital: general
Section 129 Power of larger unincorporated charities to spend capital given for particular purpose
Section 130 Power to spend capital subject to special trusts
Section 156 False statements relating to institutions which are not registered charities
Section 159(1) and (6) (in so far as it relates to section 156) Interpretation of Chapter 2
Section 161 (except subsection (11)) Register of charity mergers
Section 162 Register of charity mergers: supplementary
Section 163 Pre-merger vesting declarations
Section 164 Effect of registering charity merger on gifts to transferor
Section 165 Application of Act in relation to designated religious charities
Section 166 Designation, etc. of religious charities
Section 171 Supply by Commission of copies of documents open to public inspection
Section 178(2)(a) Restriction on institution of proceedings for certain offences
Schedule 8, paragraphs 8, 10, 11, 12(b) and 13(1) and (2) and section 183 in so far as it relates to those paragraphs Minor and consequential amendments
In Schedule 9 the repeal of— Repeals

 the Charities (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 in so far as it relates to Articles 3 to 5, 9 and 9B to 9BB; 

 the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 in so far as it relates to sections 1, 5, 13 and 22 to 24 
and section 184 in so far as it relates to those repeals 