(1)This Act applies to building societies as it applies to companies.
(2)References in this Act to a company, or to a director or an officer of a company include, respectively, references to a building society within the meaning of the Building Societies Act 1986 or to a director or officer, within the meaning of that Act, of a building society.
(3)In relation to a building society the definition of “shadow director” in section 22(5) applies with the substitution of “building society” for “company”.
[F2(3A)In relation to a building society, this Act applies as if—
(a)sections 6(1)(a)(ii) and (3)(d) [F3, 7(2)(b) and 11A] were omitted;
(b)references in sections 7(4)(a), 8ZB(2) and 15A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent were omitted.]
F4(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 22A added by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), s. 211(3)
F2S. 22A(3A) inserted (15.12.2021 for specified purposes, 15.2.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021 (c. 34), ss. 2(7), 4(4)(b)(5) (with s. 2(14))
F3Words in s. 22A(3A)(a) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 37(2), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z1)
F4S. 22A(4) omitted (26.5.2015 for specified purposes, 1.10.2015 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 7 para. 18; S.I. 2015/1329, reg. 3(c); S.I. 2015/1689, reg. 2(g)