Where a charity may be wound up by the High Court under the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 19), a petition for it to be wound up under that Order may be presented by the Attorney General, as well as by any person authorised by that Order.

Where a charity may be so wound up by the High Court, such a petition may also be presented by the Commission if, at any time after it has instituted an inquiry under section 22 with respect to the charity, it is satisfied as mentioned in section 33(1)(a) or (b).

The Commission may make an application under section 1029 of the Companies Act 2006 (application to court for restoration to the register of companies) to restore a charitable company to the register of companies.

The powers exercisable by the Commission by virtue of this section shall be exercisable by the Commission of its own motion, but shall be exercisable only with the agreement of the Attorney General on each occasion.

In this section “charitable company” means a company which is a charity.