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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 2 modified (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, ss. 17(3), 82(2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2Sch. 2 Pt. III (paras. 20–36) excluded (temp.) by S.I. 1986/2168, art. 3(1)(2)
C3Sch. 2 Pt. III (paras. 20–36) modified by S.I. 1987/426, art. 4
25(1)Any provision contained in the rules of a building society shall be void in so far as it would have the effect either—U.K.
(a)of excluding the right to demand a poll at a meeting of the society on any question other than the election of a chairman of the meeting or the adjournment of the meeting, or
(b)of making ineffective a demand for a poll on any such question which is made by not less than ten members having the right to vote at the meeting.
(2)The instrument appointing a proxy to vote at a meeting of a building society shall be taken also to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll; and for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above a demand by a person as proxy of a member shall be the same as the demand by the member.