The Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 1985

Appeals N.I.

[F1 62.— (1) A society may appeal to the High Court from the decision of the [F2 FCA] to refuse registration of the society as a credit union (including a refusal by reason only of anything contained in or omitted from the society's rules) on any ground other than that—

(a) [F3 the FCA] is not satisfied that a common bond exists between the members of the society;

[F4 (b) the society has not made an application under Part 4A of the 2000 Act to accept deposits; F5 ...

(c) the FCA [F6 is not] satisfied that, once registered under this Order, the society will satisfy, and continue to satisfy, the threshold conditions (within the meaning of section 55B(1) of the 2000 Act) for which it is responsible in relation to the regulated activity of accepting deposits. ]][F7 or]

[F8 (d) the PRA has not confirmed to the FCA that it is satisfied that, once registered under this Order, the society will satisfy, and continue to satisfy, the threshold conditions (within the meaning given in section 55B(1) of the 2000 Act) for which it is responsible in relation to the regulated activity of accepting deposits.]

(2) A credit union may appeal to the High Court from any decision of the [F9 FCA] —

(a) to refuse registration of any amendment of the credit union's rules; or

(b) to cancel the credit union's registration (being a cancellation of which notice is required under Article 60(2), and not being a cancellation by virtue of Article 60(1)(c)(ii)) [F10 or (d)] if the appeal is lodged before the expiration of the period of notice of the proposed cancellation given under Article 60(2); or

(c) to renew under Article 61(1)(b) a suspension of the credit union's registration so far as that renewal provides for the suspension to continue more than three months from the original date of suspension.

(3) If any decision such as is mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2)(a) is overruled on appeal, the [F11 FCA] shall issue to the credit union an acknowledgement of registration under this Order, or, as the case may be, of the amendment under Article 10(4).

F1 Art. 62(1) substituted (31.3.2012) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Permissions, Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) (Northern Ireland Credit Unions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2832) , arts. 1(2) , 13(32)

F2 Word in art. 62(1) 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. 3 para. 16(a)(i) (with art. 3)

F3 Words in art. 62(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. 3 para. 3(f) (with art. 3)

F4 Art. 62(1)(b)(c) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/496), art. 1(1), Sch. 7 para. 12 (with Sch. 12 )

F5 Word in art. 62(1) omitted (6.4.2018 immediately after 2016 c. 16 (N.I.), s. 8(2) comes into force) by virtue of The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/323), art. 1, Sch. 3 para. 16(a)(ii) (with art. 3)

F6 Words in art. 62(1)(c) 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. 3 para. 16(a)(iii) (with art. 3)

F7 Word in art. 62(1) inserted (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. 3 para. 16(a)(iv) (with art. 3)

F8 Art. 62(1)(d) inserted (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. 3 para. 16(a)(v) (with art. 3)

F9 Word in art. 62(2) 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. 3 para. 2(p) (with art. 3)

F10 Words in art. 62(2)(b) inserted (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. 3 para. 16(b) (with art. 3)

F11 Word in art. 62(3) 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. 3 para. 2(p) (with art. 3)