18 March 2010
1.These explanatory notes relate to the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010, which received Royal Assent on 18 March 2010. They have been provided by HM Treasury, in order to assist the reader in understanding the Act. They do not form part of the Act and have not been endorsed by Parliament.
2.The notes need to be read in conjunction with the Act. They are not, and are not meant to be, a comprehensive description of the Act. So where a section or part of a section does not seem to require any explanation or comment, none is given.