Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1948

1. Introductory Text

2. Amendments as to insurances authorised, and as to alienation of insurance benefits.

   1. 1. Cesser of powers to insure for funeral expenses.

   2. 2. Power to insure life of parent or grandparent for not more than £20; and prohibition of alienation of such insurances.

   3. 3. Power of friendly society to insure life of spouse of member.

   4. 4. Amendments consequential on preceding sections.

   5. 5. Amendments as to limitation of benefits from friendly societies.

   6. 6. Prohibition of insuring money to be paid on death of a child under ten.

   7. 7. Power to extend application of preceding provisions of this Act which are limited to persons resident in Great Britain.

3. Amendments as to procedure and administration.

   1. 8. Premium receipt books.

   2. 9. Liability on policies not to be restricted on grounds of health if proposer's knowledge and belief is properly disclosed.

   3. 10. Obligations as to delivery of policies and of copies of rules and amendments thereof.

   4. 11. Matters to be set out in rules of collecting societies.

   5. 12. Matters to be set out in premium receipt books, and to be published.

   6. 13. Returns as to industrial assurances.

   7. 14. Requirements as to audit of accounts of registered societies.

   8. 15. Amendments of registered societies' rules consequential on this Act.

   9. 16. Provisions as to offences.

4. Miscellaneous and general.

   1. 17. Protection for members of registered societies joining the forces.

   2. 18. Provisions as to payments on deaths in certain circumstances.

   3. 19. Provisions as to investment by registered societies and certain other bodies.

   4. 20. Change of designation of " public auditors " to " approved auditors "; and qualification.

   5. 21. Repeal of provisions requiring Treasury consent to mode of determination of disputes.

   6. 22. Repeal of s. 28 of the Act of 1923.

   7. 23. Interpretation.

   8. 24. Extent.

   9. 25. Short title, citation, construction and repeal.

5. SCHEDULES.

   1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      Death Certificates in connection with payments referred to in Subsection (2) of Section Two.

      1. 1. A registered friendly society or industrial assurance company shall not,...

      2. 2. On so making payment of any such sum the society...

      3. 3. Where such a society or company is charged with a...

      4. 4. Certificates of death for the purposes of this Schedule, and...

      5. 5. (1) Regulations shall be made by the Registrar General by...

      6. 6. On production to a society or company of a duplicate...

      7. 7. The fee payable on the issue of a certificate of...

      8. 8. The Statutory Instruments Act, 1946, shall apply to a statutory...

      9. 9. In this Schedule the expression " Registrar General " means...

   2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      Amendments consequential on sections one to three.

   3. THIRD SCHEDULE

      Matters to be set out in Premium Receipt Books.

   4. FOURTH SCHEDULE

      Women's Auxiliary Services.

      1. 1. Member of Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service or any...

      2. 2. Member of the Women's Royal Naval Service.

      3. 3. Woman medical or dental practitioner serving in the Royal Navy...

      4. 4. Member of Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service or any...

      5. 5. Member of the Territorial Army Nursing Service or any reserve...

      6. 6. Member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service.

      7. 7. Woman employed with the Royal Army Medical Corps or the...

      8. 8. Member of Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service or...

      9. 9. Member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

      10. 10. Woman employed with the Medical Branch or the Dental Branch...

      11. 11. Member of the Voluntary Aid Detachments employed under the Admiralty,...

   5. FIFTH SCHEDULE

      Substituted Enactments relating to sums paid without Probate or Letters of Administration.

      1. 1. For section fifty-nine of the Act of 1896 there shall...

      2. 2. For subsection (2) of section ten of the Provident Nominations...

      3. 3. For subsection (1) of the section substituted by section six...

   6. SIXTH SCHEDULE

      Repeals.

      1. PART I Enactments repealed from day appointed under s.19(4)(b).

      2. PART II Enactments repealed from the passing of this Act or other date specified in this Part.