# Charity Commission for Northern Ireland makes first appointment

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/02/10/charity-commission-northern-ireland-makes-first-appointment/
- Published: 2010-02-10T00:20:09+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland has appointed its first chief executive.
Frances McCandless, director of policy at the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary
Action (NICVA), will take up the post in April.

The [Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008](http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/northernireland/acts/acts2008/nia_20080012_en_1)
created the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland and while Commissioners have
been appointed, this is the first staff appointment.

The Commission will establish a compulsory charity register of all charities operating
in Northern Ireland. It will provide a charity test of which organisation is and
which is not a charity. It will also put in place new requirements for all public
charitable collections.

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