Right to demand a pollU.K.
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)[F1Any appointment of] 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.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 25(2) substituted (20.3.2003) by The Building Societies Act 1986 (Electronic Communications) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/404), arts. 1(1), 29(5)