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The Department for Social Development has launched an interim website for the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Seamus Mc Aleavey, Chief Executive of NICVA, has welcomed the news that the Charities Bill for Northern Ireland has passed through its final stage at the Northern Ireland Assembly. The legislation necessary to create a Charity Commission for Northern Ireland passed through its final stage in the Assembly on Monday 30 June. Now the Bill approved the search is on for NI first Charity Commissioners.
It could well be in NICVA’s Library. NICVA has built up a comprehensive library resource over many years, with current and historical information of all kinds... 
The new Charities Bill for Northern Ireland was introduced to the Assembly on 10 December 2007. This will replace the draft Charities (NI) Order 2007. This new bill has stringent requirements for the accounting records which Charities have to keep.
A governance review could help you get your management committee policy and procedures into shape. Funding for this free service is running out soon, so you'd need to book a review by May 2008.
The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Social Development is commencing the Committee Stage of the Charities Bill.Footer
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Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action is registered as a company limited by guarantee in Northern Ireland (No 1792) and is registered as a charity for tax purposes with the Inland Revenue
To ensure the sustainability and continued progress of charitable activity in Northern Ireland, politicians must focus on the framework needed for this independent sector to prosper.
Northern Ireland is not covered by the Charity Commission (England and Wales) and regulation is light. Charities would benefit from harmonised charity and tax law. Political parties should deliver four actions. These include reform of the law so as to provide a regulatory framework for charities, rate relief and exemption from water charges.
