Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/46/crossheading/provisions-as-to-rules
Timestamp: 2020-01-18 05:48:43
Document Index: 357412604

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 1', 'art. 13', 'art. 2', 'art. 1', 'art. 13', 'art. 2', 'art. 1', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3']

Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Provisions as to rules
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Friendly Societies Act 1974, Cross Heading: Provisions as to rules.
Provisions as to rulesU.K.
F1S. 17 repealed (1.2.1993) by Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40), ss. 95, 120(2), Sch. 16 para. 6(2)(3), Sch. 22 Pt.I (with ss. 7(5) and 93(4)) S.I. 1993/16, art. 2, Sch. 3appendix.
(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, any amendment of the rules of a society or branch as for the time being registered under this Act shall not be valid until the amendment has been so registered, and for this purpose copies of the amendment, signed by three members and the secretary of the society or of the branch, as the case may be, shall be sent to the [F2FCA].
(a)notice of any change in the situation of the registered office of a society or branch shall be sent to the [F2FCA] and, in the case of a change in the situation of the registered office of a branch, shall be sent to the [F2FCA] through an officer appointed in that behalf by the society of which the branch forms part; and
(b)where notice of such a change is sent to the [F2FCA] under paragraph (a) above, [F3the [F2FCA]] shall register it as an amendment of the rules of the society or branch concerned.
F2Words in s. 18 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/496), art. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 2(1)(a)(2)(d) (with Sch. 12)
F3Words in s. 18(2)(b) substituted (17.8.2001 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2, 13(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 6(b) (with art. 13(3), Sch. 5); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)
On being satisfied that any amendment of the registered rules of a society or branch is not contrary to the provisions of this Act, the [F4FCA] shall issue to the society or branch, in respect of that amendment, an acknowledgment of registration which shall be conclusive evidence that the amendment is duly registered.
F4Words in s. 19 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/496), art. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 2(1)(a)(2)(e) (with Sch. 12)
[F5(1)If the [F6FCA] refuses to register an amendment of a rule of a registered society or branch, the society or branch may appeal to the High Court or, in the case of a society or branch whose registered office is situated in Scotland, the Court of Session.]
(2)If a refusal to register an amendment of a rule is over-ruled on appeal, the [F6FCA] shall give an acknowledgment of registration under section 19 above to the society or branch.
F5S. 20(1) substituted (17.8.2001 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2, 13(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 8(a) (with art. 13(3), Sch. 5); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)
F6Words in s. 20 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/496), art. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 2(1)(a)(2)(f) (with Sch. 12)
21 Duty to supply copies of rules. U.K.
Every registered society or branch shall deliver to any person on demand, on payment of a [F7reasonable fee], a copy of the rules of the society or branch.
F7Words in s. 21 substituted (1.2.1993) by Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40), s. 95, Sch. 16 para.7 (with ss. 7(5) and 93(4)); S.I. 1993/16, art. 2, Sch. 3.
22 Rules of certain registered societies to bind members at law.U.K.
shall bind the society or branch and the members thereof, and all persons claiming through them, to the same extent as if each member had subscribed his name and affixed his seal hereto, and as if there were contained in the rules a covenant on the part of himself and his executors or administrators to conform to the rules subject to the provisions of this Act.
[F8(2A)In the application of subsection (2) to England and Wales, for the words “for the district in which the member resides” there shall be substituted “if the member resides in England and Wales”.]
(3)In the application of this section to Scotland, in subsection (1) the words “and affixed his seal” shall be omitted, and in subsection (2) for the words “in the county court for the district” there shall be substituted the words “ before the sheriff of the sheriffdom ”.
F8S. 22(2A) inserted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 84(1); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)