Friendly Societies Act 1974

The Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1948 (c. 39)

6 In section 1 of the Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1948, for the words " registered friendly societies " there shall be substituted the words " collecting societies ".

7 In section 2(5) of the said Act, after the words " 1929 " there shall be inserted the words " or by any registered friendly society in exercise of any power conferred by paragraph (2)(d) of Schedule 1 to the Friendly Societies Act 1974 or paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to that Act ".

8 In section 7 of the said Act, after the words "section six thereof" there shall be inserted the words " and section 71 of, and paragraph (2)(d) of Schedule 1 to, the Friendly Societies Act 1974 ".

9 In section 10 of the said Act, in subsection (1) as originally enacted, for the words " one shilling " there shall be substituted the words " ten pence ".

10 (1) In section 11(1) of the said Act—

(a) for the words from " Subsections (2) " to " this Act'', where next occurring, there shall be substituted the words " Sections 72 and 73(2) of the Friendly Societies Act 1974 ";

(b) for the words " the First Schedule to this Act", in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words " Schedule 5 to the said Act of 1974 "; and

(c) for the words " section two (2) of this Act" there shall be substituted the words " section 72(1) of the said Act of 1974 ".

(2) In section 11(2) of the said Act, after the words "this Act" there shall be inserted the words " and of the said Act of 1974 ".

11 In section 12(2) of the said Act, the words "A collecting society and " shall be omitted and at the end of the subsection there shall be inserted the words " and a collecting society shall cause to be set out, in every premium receipt book provided by them after the coming into operation of the Friendly Societies Act 1974 for use in respect of policies of industrial assurance, the matters specified in that Schedule relating to the provisions mentioned in that Schedule of the Act of 1923, of this Act, of the said Act of 1974 and of regulations made for the purposes of the said section 8 ".

12 In section 16(4) of the said Act, for the words " Act of 1896 " there shall be substituted the words " Friendly Societies Act 1974 ".

13 In section 23(1)(a) of the said Act, for the words " section eight of the Act of 1896 " there shall be substituted the words " Schedule 1 to the Friendly Societies Act 1974 ", and after the words "that Act" there shall be inserted the words " or the Friendly Societies .Act 1896 ".

14 In Schedule 1 to the said Act—

(a) in paragraph 3, for the words "such society or company" and the words in sub-paragraph (b) " society or company "there shall be substituted the words " company or by a registered friendly society ";

(b) for paragraph 4 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“4 The provisions of paragraphs 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10 of Schedule 5 to the Friendly Societies Act 1974 shall apply in relation to certificates of death for the purposes of this Schedule and the issue of duplicates thereof”; and

(c) in paragraph 6 for the words " as mentioned in the last preceding paragraph, the society or company " there shall be substituted the words " in accordance with regulations under paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the Friendly Societies Act 1974, the company ".

15 In Schedule 3 to the said Act—

(a) in paragraph (b), after the words " section 2 " there shall be inserted the words " (in the case of industrial assurance companies only) ";

(b) in paragraph (c), at the beginning there shall be inserted the words " In the case of industrial assurance companies only " , and at the end there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(d) In the case of collecting societies only, as to the following provisions of the Friendly Societies Act 1974, a statement which in the opinion of the Commissioner sufficiently sets forth the effect thereof—

Section 71(1) to (4) and Schedule 6 paragraph 3	Payments on deaths of children under 10 years of age.
Sections 72 and 73(2)	Insurances on life of parent or grandparent; limit on amount and prohibition of assignment or charge.
Schedule 5	Death certificates in connection with payments referred to in section 72 of that Act.”