Remedy Law Library: Section 2: Registration of society., Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965

Section 2: Registration of society.

This provision is repealed

It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

REPEALED on 2014-08-01 by Community Benefit Societies Act 2014.
The text below is from the dated revised snapshot immediately preceding this status change. It is historical and is not current law. View the historical source.

2(1)

Subject to subsection (2) of this section—

(a) no society shall be registered under this Act if the number of the members thereof is less than three; and

(b) an application for the registration of a society under this Act shall be signed by three members and the secretary of the society and shall be sent with two ... copies of the society’s rules to the FCA.

2(2)

A society whose members consist solely of two or more registered societies may be registered under this Act if the application for registration is signed by . . . the secretary of each (or, if more than two, of each of any two) of the constituent societies and is accompanied by two ... copies . . . of the rules of the society sought to be registered.

2(2A)

In the case of an application for registration of a society which is made by electronic means, the reference in subsection (1)(b) or (2) to two copies of the society’s rules is to be read as being to a single copy of those rules.

2(3)

On being satisfied that a society has complied with the provisions of this Act as to registration thereunder, the FCA shall issue to the society an acknowledgment of registration bearing the FCA'sseal

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