Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 24)

PART II N.I. REGISTERED SOCIETIES

N.I. Cancellation, suspension or refusal of registration of society or rules

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

(1 )F1 A society may appeal to the High Court from any decision of the registrar—

(a) to refuse registration of the society (including a refusal by reason only of anything contained in or omitted from the society's rules) on any ground other than that [F2 the registrar] is not satisfied that either of the conditions specified in section 1(2) is fulfilled; or

(b) to refuse registration of any amendment of the society's rules; or

(c) to cancel the society's registration (being a cancellation of which notice is required under section 15(3), and not being a cancellation by virtue of section 15(1)(c)(ii)) if the appeal is lodged before the expiration of the period of notice of the proposed cancellation given under section 15(3); or

(d) to renew under section 16(1)(b) a suspension of the society's registration so far as that renewal provides for the suspension to continue more than three months from the original date of suspension.

(2) If any decision such as is mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) is overruled on appeal, the registrar shall thereupon issue to the society an acknowledgment of registration of the society under section 2(3), or, as the case may be, of the amendment under section 9(3).

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F2 Words in s. 17(1)(a) substituted (6.4.2018 immediately after 2016 c. 16 (N.I.), s. 8(2) comes into force) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/323), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 2(c) (with art. 3)