Credit Unions Act 1979

9 Deposits by persons too young to be members

(1) A credit union may take deposits up to a total of £250 from a person who is under the age at which, by virtue of section 20 of the 1965 Act, he may become a member of the credit union; and nothing in section 7(3) of the 1965 Act shall apply to any such deposits.

(2) Any deposit received by a credit union as mentioned in subsection (1) above shall be held by it on trust for the depositor and all such deposits shall be kept in a fund apart from the general funds of the credit union and shall be invested only in the manner specified in Part I or Part II of Schedule 1 to the [1961 c. 62.] Trustee Investments Act 1961 (narrower-range investments).

(3) The moneys which from year to year are earned by the investment of deposits in accordance with subsection (2) above shall, after deduction of the expenses incurred in operating the separate fund referred to in that subsection, be distributed as interest to the depositors.

(4) The chief registrar may, by order made with the consent of the Treasury, from time to time amend subsection (1) above so as to substitute for the maximum amount for the time being provided for in that subsection such other amount, being not less than £250, as may be specified in the order.

(5) An order under subsection (4) above may contain such transitional, consequential, incidental or supplementary provisions as appear to the chief registrar to be necessary or appropriate, and in particular may make any such provision in connection with the alteration of the limit in subsection (1) above as is made by section 1 of the [1978 c. 34.] Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1978 in connection with the alterations made by that section in the limits in section 7(3) of the 1965 Act.