The Charities (Northern Ireland) Order 1987

MiscellaneousN.I.

[F1Charitable companies: alteration of objects F2. . . N.I.

9.—(1) Where a charity is a company or other body corporate having power to alter the instruments establishing or regulating it as a body corporate, no exercise of that power which has the effect of the body ceasing to be a charity shall be valid so as to affect the application of—

(a)any property acquired under any disposition or agreement previously made otherwise than for full consideration in money or money's worth, or any property representing property so acquired,

(b)any property representing income which has accrued before the alteration is made, or

(c)the income from any such property as aforesaid.

[F3(2) Where a charity is a company, an amendment of its articles so as to add, remove or alter a statement of the company's objects is ineffective without the prior written consent of the Department.

(2A) Where a company that has made an amendment of its articles in accordance with paragraph (2) is required—

(a)by section 26 of the Companies Act 2006 to send to the registrar of companies a copy of its articles as amended,

(b)by section 30 of that Act to forward to the registrar a copy of the special resolution effecting the alteration, or

(c)by section 31 of that Act to give notice to the registrar of the amendment,

the copy or notice must be accompanied by a copy of the Commission's consent.

(2B) If more than one of those provisions applies and they are complied with at different times, the company need not send a further copy of the Commission's consent if a copy was sent on an earlier occasion.

(3) Section 30(2) to (4) of that Act (offence of failing to comply with section 30) apply in relation to a failure to comply with paragraph (2A) above as in relation to a failure to comply with that section.]]

Charitable companies: invalidity of certain transactionsN.I.

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[F5Requirement to disclose charitable statusN.I.

9B.—(1) Where a company is a charity and its name does not include the word “charity” or “charitable”, the fact that the company is a charity must be stated (in English) in legible characters—

(a)in every location, and in every description of document or communication, in which it is required by regulations under section 82 of the Companies Act 2006 to state its registered name; and

(b)in all conveyances purporting to be executed by the company.

(2) In paragraph (1)(b) “conveyance” means any instrument creating, transferring, varying or extinguishing an interest in land.]

[F6Civil consequences of failure to make required disclosureN.I.

9BA.—(1) This Article applies to any legal proceedings brought by a company to which Article 9B applies to enforce a right arising out of a contract or conveyance in connection with which there was a failure to comply with that Article.

(2) The proceedings shall be dismissed if the defendant to the proceedings shows—

(a)that he has a claim against the claimant arising out of the contract or conveyance that he has been unable to pursue by reason of the latter's failure to comply with Article 9B, or

(b)that he has suffered some financial loss in connection with the contract or conveyance by reason of the claimant's failure to comply with that Article,

unless the court before which the proceedings are brought is satisfied that it is just and equitable to permit the proceedings to continue.

(3) This Article does not affect the right of any person to enforce such rights as he may have against another person in any proceedings brought by that person.]

[F7Criminal consequences of failure to make required disclosureN.I.

9BB.—(1) Where a company fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with Article 9B, an offence is committed by—

(a)the company, and

(b)every officer of the company who is in default.

(2) For this purpose a shadow director of the company is treated as an officer of the company if the failure is to comply with Article 9B(1)(a) and that person would be treated as an officer of the company for the purposes of the corresponding requirement of regulations under section 82 of the Companies Act 2006.

(3) A person guilty of such an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.

(4) Expressions used in this Article have the same meaning as in section 84 of the Companies Act 2006 (criminal consequences of failure to disclose company's registered name).]

Art. 10 rep. by SR 1993/493