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Assembly restoration holds back the introduction of a Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
Further delay on new Northern Ireland Charity Commission
The draft Charities (NI) Order 2007 which was laid before parliament in January will not continue its passage through Westminster as planned. Instead, with the restoration of Devolution on 8 May 2007, the new Minister will consider the charities legislation for referral to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
If the legislation had been passed through Westminster the new Charity Commission would have been established by the end of Summer 2007 and the first registrations taken by the end of December 2007. It is now anticipated that the legislation will be delayed by about a year and consequently the proposed timetable for the Charity Commission and the implementation of the other provisions in the Draft Order will also be delayed by at least one year.
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