The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

Application of Company Directors Disqualification Order to registered societies N.I.

8.  After Article 25 of the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (NI 4) (application of Order to incorporated friendly societies) there shall be inserted the following Article—

“Application of Order to registered societies

25A.— (1) This Order applies to societies registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 24) (“registered societies”) as it applies to companies.

(2) In its application to registered societies, this Order shall have effect as follows—

(a) references in this Order to a company, or to a director or an officer of a company shall include, respectively, references to a registered society or to a member of the committee of management or officer, within the meaning of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 24), of a registered society;

(b) in Article 5(1) “striking off of a company” shall include the cancellation of the registration of a registered society under that Act;

(c) in Articles 6(1) and 8(1) “the companies legislation” shall include that Act;

(d) in Article 11(2) “investigative material” shall include a report made under section 43A, 56 or 58(1) of that Act and information, books, accounts or other documents obtained under section 57 of that Act;

(e) references to the registrar shall have effect as references to the registrar as defined in section 101(1) of that Act;

(f) references to a shadow director shall be omitted.

(3) In the application of Schedule 1 to the members of the committee of management of a registered society, references to provisions of the Insolvency Order or the Companies Order include references to the corresponding provisions of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 24).”.