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Friendly Societies Act 1992
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- 1992 c. 40
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- s. 74-74C substituted for s. 74 by S.I. 2008/1140 art. 5
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- Blanket amendment text amended by S.I. 2011/1043 art. 3 6
- Blanket Amendment words substituted by 2005 c. 4 Sch. 11 para. 5
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- s. 69A-69I substituted for s. 69 70 by S.I. 2005/2211 art. 2
- s. 69A(4) text amended by S.I. 2007/126 Sch. 6 para. 10(2)
- s. 69E(5) text amended by S.I. 2007/126 Sch. 6 para. 10(3)
- s. 69I(2)(a) text amended by S.I. 2008/948 Sch. 1 para. 183
- s. 69J-69K inserted by S.I. 2005/2211 Sch. para. 2
- s. 69L inserted by S.I. 2008/1140 art. 3
- s. 69M inserted by S.I. 2008/1140 art. 4(1)
- s. 71A inserted by S.I. 2005/2211 art. 4
- s. 78A inserted by S.I. 2005/2211 Sch. para. 3
- s. 78A(1) text amended by S.I. 2008/1140 art. 7(1)
- s. 78A(1) text amended by S.I. 2008/948 Sch. 1 para. 15(2)
- s. 78A(1) text amended by S.I. 2008/948 Sch. 1 para. 184
- s. 78A(3) inserted by S.I. 2008/948 Sch. 1 para. 15(3)
- s. 105A inserted by S.I. 2003/2867 reg. 2 Sch. para. 20
- s. 119AA 119AB inserted by S.I. 2011/593 art. 4(2)
- Sch. 13D-13E inserted by S.I. 2005/2211 Sch. para. 6
- Sch. 13D para. 12 omitted by S.I. 2008/1140 art. 4(3)
- Sch. 13E para. 3(2)(a) text amended by S.I. 2008/948 Sch. 1 para. 186(2)
- Sch. 13E para. 7(3)(a) text amended by S.I. 2008/948 Sch. 1 para. 186(2)
- Sch. 13E para. 9(5) text amended by S.I. 2008/948 Sch. 1 para. 186(3)(a)
- Sch. 13E para. 9(6)(a) text amended by S.I. 2008/948 Sch. 1 para. 186(3)(b)
- Sch. 13E para. 9(6)(b) text amended by S.I. 2008/948 Sch. 1 para. 186(3)(a)
- Sch. 13E para. 11(2)(a) text amended by S.I. 2008/948 Sch. 1 para. 186(2)
- Sch. 13E para. 15(2)(a) text amended by S.I. 2008/948 Sch. 1 para. 186(2)
- Sch. 13E para. 18(2)(a) text amended by S.I. 2008/948 Sch. 1 para. 186(2)
- Sch. 13F inserted by S.I. 2008/1140 Sch. 1 para. 1
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- S.I. 2004/3322 art. 2 Sch. 1-3 commences (1989 c. 40 and 2004 c. 27)
- S.I. 2005/910 art. 3 commences (2003 c. 39)
- S.I. 2005/3175 art. 2 3 commences (2004 c. 33)
- S.I. 2009/36 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 26)
- S.I. 2009/1604 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 4)
- S.I. 2009/3250 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 29)
3(1)The following provisions have effect with respect to the execution of documents by an incorporated friendly society under the law of Scotland.E+W+S+N.I.
(2)For any purpose other than those mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) below, a document is validly executed by an incorporated friendly society if it is signed on behalf of the society by a member of the committee of management or by the secretary of the society or by a person authorised to sign the document on its behalf.
(3)For the purposes of any enactment or rule of law relating to the authentication of documents under the law of Scotland, a document is validly executed by an incorporated friendly society if it is subscribed on behalf of the society by—
(a)2 members of the committee of management of the society;
(b)a member of that committee and the secretary of the society; or
(c)2 persons authorised to subscribe the document on behalf of the society,
notwithstanding that such subscription is not attested by witnesses and the document is not sealed with the society’s common seal.
(4)A document which bears to be executed by an incorporated friendly society in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) above is, in relation to such execution, a probative document.
(5)Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, an incorporated friendly society need not have a common seal.
(6)For the purposes of any enactment providing for a document to be executed by an incorporated friendly society by affixing its common seal or referring (in whatever terms) to a document so executed, a document signed or subscribed on behalf of the society by—
(a)2 members of the committee of management of the society;
(b)a member of the committee and the secretary of the society; or
(c)2 persons authorised to subscribe the document on behalf of the society,
shall have effect as if executed under the common seal of the society.
(7)In this paragraph “enactment” includes an enactment contained in a statutory instrument.
(8)Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) above are—
(a)without prejudice to any other method of execution of documents by incorporated friendly societies permitted by any enactment or rule of law; and
(b)subject to any other enactment making express provision, in relation to incorporated friendly societies, as to the execution of a particular type of document.
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