(1)The terms on which a registered friendly society provides any benefit shall be—
(a)specified in its rules; or
(b)determined in a manner specified in its rules.
(2)If they are not specified in the society’s rules, the society—
(a)shall make copies of them available free of charge to members of the society at every office of the society; and
(b)shall send, free of charge, copies of them to any member of the society who demands them.
(3)If, on demand made of it under subsection (2) above, a society fails, in accordance with that subsection, to make available or, as the case may be within 7 days of the demand, to send to a person a copy of the terms on which a benefit is to be provided, the society shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 65A, 65B inserted (1.1.1994) by Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40), s. 95, Sch. 16 para.23 (with ss. 7(5) and 93(4)); S.I. 1993/2213, art. 2, Sch. 6.