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Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I SOCIETIES WHICH MAY BE REGISTEREDNext Match

    1. 1.Societies which may be registered.Previous MatchNext Match

    2. 1A.Meaning of “registered society”Previous MatchNext Match

  3. PART II REGISTERED SOCIETIESPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. Registration of SocietiesPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 2.Registration of society.Previous MatchNext Match

      2. 3.Registration to effect incorporation of society with limited liability.Previous MatchNext Match

      3. 4.Existing societies deemed to be registered.Previous MatchNext Match

    2. Name and maximum shareholding

      1. 5.Name of society.Previous MatchNext Match

      2. 6.Maximum shareholding in society.Previous MatchNext Match

    3. Operations of registered societyPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 7.Carrying on of banking by societies.Previous MatchNext Match

    4. Capacity of society and power of committee to bind it

      1. 7A.Capacity of society not limited by its rulesPrevious MatchNext Match

      2. 7B.Power of committee to bind societyPrevious MatchNext Match

      3. 7C.No duty to enquire as to capacity of society or authority of committeePrevious MatchNext Match

      4. 7D.Transactions with committee members and other persons in excess of powersPrevious MatchNext Match

      5. 7E.Definitions relating to section 7DPrevious MatchNext Match

    5. Provisions as to rulesPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 8.Acknowledgment of registration of rules.

      2. 9.Amendment of registered rules.Previous MatchNext Match

      3. 10.Rules as to fund for purchase of government securities.Previous MatchNext Match

      4. 11.Rules of agricultural, horticultural or forestry society.Previous MatchNext Match

      5. 12.Supplementary provisions as to rules.Previous MatchNext Match

      6. 13.Rules to bind members.Previous MatchNext Match

      7. 14.Provision of copies of rules.Previous MatchNext Match

    6. Cancellation, suspension or refusal of registration of society or rules

      1. 15.Cancellation of registration of society.Previous MatchNext Match

      2. 16.Suspension of registration of society.Previous MatchNext Match

      3. 17.Appeal from refusal, cancellation or suspension of registration of society or rules.

    7. Membership and special provisions affecting members

      1. 18.Bodies corporate as members of society.Previous MatchNext Match

      2. 19.Members under age of 18Previous MatchNext Match

      3. 20.Advances to members.Previous MatchNext Match

      4. 21.Remedy for debts from members.Previous MatchNext Match

      5. 22.Nomination to property in society.Previous MatchNext Match

      6. 23.Proceedings on death of nominator.Previous MatchNext Match

      7. 24.Provision for small payments on death.Previous MatchNext Match

      8. 25.Payments in respect of mentally incapable persons.Previous MatchNext Match

      9. 26.Validity of payment to persons apparently entitled.Previous MatchNext Match

    8. Contracts, property, etc., of societyPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 27.Promissory notes and bills of exchange.Previous MatchNext Match

      2. 28.Contracts.Previous MatchNext Match

      3. 28A.Purported contracts, deeds and obligationsPrevious MatchNext Match

      4. 28B.Common sealPrevious MatchNext Match

      5. 28C.Execution of documentsPrevious MatchNext Match

      6. 28D.Power of society to have official seal for use abroadPrevious MatchNext Match

      7. 28E.Effect of use of official sealPrevious MatchNext Match

      8. 28F.Authorisation of use of official sealPrevious MatchNext Match

      9. 29.Charges on assets of registered societies.Previous MatchNext Match

      10. 30.Holding of land.Previous MatchNext Match

      11. 31.Investments.Previous MatchNext Match

      12. 32.Proxy voting by societies.Previous MatchNext Match

      13. 33.Discharge of mortgages.Previous MatchNext Match

      14. 34.Receipt on payment of moneys secured to a society.Previous MatchNext Match

    9. Accounts, etc.Previous MatchNext Match

      1. 35.Books of account, etc.Previous MatchNext Match

      2. 36.Form in which books of account may be kept.Previous MatchNext Match

      3. 36A.Year of account (existing societies)Previous MatchNext Match

      4. 36B.Year of account (new registrations)Previous MatchNext Match

      5. 37.General provisions as to accounts and balance sheets of registered societies.Previous MatchNext Match

      6. 37A.Publication of accounts and balance sheets of registered societies.Previous MatchNext Match

      7. 38.Obligation to appoint auditors.Previous MatchNext Match

      8. 38A.Power of registered societies to disapply section 38.Previous MatchNext Match

      9. 39.Re-appointment and removal of qualified auditors.Previous MatchNext Match

      10. 40.Provisions as to resolutions relating to appointment and removal of auditors.Previous MatchNext Match

      11. 41.Meaning of qualified auditor

      12. 42.Restrictions on appointment of auditors.Previous MatchNext Match

      13. 43.Auditors' report and right of access to books and to attend and be heard at meetings.Previous MatchNext Match

      14. 43A.Duty to obtain accountant's reports where section 38 applied.Previous MatchNext Match

      15. 43B.Rights of person appointed under section 43A(2).Previous MatchNext Match

      16. 43C.Registrar's power to require accounts for past years to be audited.Previous MatchNext Match

      17. 44.Remuneration of qualified auditors.Previous MatchNext Match

      18. 45.Group accounts.Previous MatchNext Match

      19. 46.Exemption from requirements in respect of group accounts.Previous MatchNext Match

      20. 47.Meaning of “subsidiary” .Previous MatchNext Match

      21. 48.Annual returns.Previous MatchNext Match

      22. 49.Display of latest balance sheet.Previous MatchNext Match

    10. Officers, receivers, etc.

      1. 50.Security by officers.Previous MatchNext Match

      2. 51.Duty of officers of society to account.Previous MatchNext Match

      3. 52.Duties of receiver or manager of society's property.Previous MatchNext Match

    11. Registers, books, etc.Previous MatchNext Match

      1. 53.Register of members and officers.Previous MatchNext Match

      2. 54.Restriction on inspection of books.Previous MatchNext Match

      3. 55.Inspection of books by members, etc.Previous MatchNext Match

      4. 56.Inspection of books by order of registrar.Previous MatchNext Match

      5. 57.Production of documents and provision of information for certain purposes.Previous MatchNext Match

      6. 58.Appointment of inspectors and calling of special meetings.Previous MatchNext Match

    12. Amalgamations, transfers of engagements and conversionsPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 59.Amalgamation of societies.Previous MatchNext Match

      2. 60.Transfer of engagements between societies.Previous MatchNext Match

      3. 61.Conversion into, or transfer of engagements to, company.Previous MatchNext Match

      4. 62.Conversion of company into registered society.Previous MatchNext Match

      5. 63.Saving for rights of creditors.Previous MatchNext Match

    13. Dissolution of societyPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 64.Dissolution of registered society on winding up .Previous MatchNext Match

      2. 65.Power of registrar to petition for winding-up.Previous MatchNext Match

      3. 66.Liability of members in winding-up.Previous MatchNext Match

      4. 66A.Dissolution of a society by an instrument of dissolutionPrevious MatchNext Match

      5. 67.Instrument of dissolution.Previous MatchNext Match

    14. Special restriction on dissolution, etc.

      1. 68.Restriction on dissolution or cancellation or registration of society.Previous MatchNext Match

    15. Disputes, offences and legal proceedings

      1. 69.Decision of disputes.Previous MatchNext Match

      2. 70.General offences by societies, etc.Previous MatchNext Match

      3. 71.Offences by societies to be also offences by officers, etc.Previous MatchNext Match

      4. 72.Continuing offences.

      5. 73.Punishment of fraud or misappropriation.Previous MatchNext Match

      6. 74.Penalty for falsification.Previous MatchNext Match

      7. 75.Institution of proceedings.Previous MatchNext Match

      8. 76.Recovery of costs, etc.

      9. 77.Application of Part II to credit unions.

  4. Pt III (ss. 78-96) rep. by 1985 NI 12

    1. Pt III (ss. 78-96) rep. by 1985 NI 12

  5. PART IV MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

    1. 97.Regulations.

    2. 98.Form, deposit and evidence of documents.Previous MatchNext Match

    3. 98A.Form etc of electronic documents

    4. 98B.Power of registrar to impose requirements as to form etc of electronic documentsPrevious MatchNext Match

    5. 98C.Fees for inspection and copying of documents

    6. 99.Exercise of functions of registrar.

    7. 100.Annual reports by registrar.

    8. 101.Interpretation.Previous MatchNext Match

    9. 102.Great Britain societies.Previous MatchNext Match

    10. 103.Repeals, savings and transitional provisions.

    11. 104.Short title and commencement.

  6. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      MATTERS TO BE PROVIDED FOR IN SOCIETY'S RULES

      1. PART I INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES. . .

        1. 1.The name of the society, which shall comply with the requirements of section 5.

        2. 2.The objects of the society.

        3. 3.The place which is to be the registered office of the society to which all...Previous MatchNext Match

        4. 4.The terms of admission of the members, including any society or company investing funds in...

        5. 5.The mode of holding meetings, the scale and right of voting, and the mode of...

        6. 6.The appointment and removal of a committee, by whatever name, and of managers or other...

        7. 7.Determination in accordance with section 6 of the maximum amount of the interest in the...

        8. 8.Determination whether the society may contract loans or receive moneys on deposit subject to the...

        9. 9.Determination whether the shares or any of them shall be transferable, and provision for the...

        10. 10.Provision for the audit of accounts.

        11. 11.Determination whether and, if so, how members may withdraw from the society, and provision for...

        12. 12.The mode of application of profits of the society.

        13. 13.If the society is to have a common seal, provision for its custody and use.

        14. 14.Determination whether and, if so, by what authority, and in what manner, any part of...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      FORM OF STATEMENT BY SOCIETY CARRYING ON BANKING

      1. 1.Capital of the society on 1st January or 1st July last previous:— (a) nominal amount...

      2. 2.Liabilities of the society on the same date:— (a) on judgments; (b) on speciality; (c)...

      3. 3.Assets of the society on the same date:— (a) government securities (stating them); (b) bills...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      FORM OF RECEIPT ON MORTGAGE, ETC.

      1. Members of the Committee Secretary

      2. Members of the Committee Secretary

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      FORMS OF BOND FOR OFFICERS OF SOCIETY

      1. FORM A Know all men by these presents, that we, A.B., of   one of the officers...Previous MatchNext Match

      2. FORM B Know all men by these presents that I  , of   , in the county...Previous MatchNext Match

        1.   and   *If no words are struck out in the bond or condition, strike out these...

        2.   and   *If no words are struck out in the bond or condition, strike out these...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

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      2. 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. 3.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. 4.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. 5.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

    6. Schedule 6—Repeals

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