SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2TRANSITIONAL PROVISION
Section 8: pending applications for registration of a society
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(1)
This paragraph applies where an application for the registration of a society under the 1969 Act has been made but not determined before section 8 comes into operation.
(2)
The registrar must not take any further step in relation to the application until the registrar receives a document, signed by the persons who signed the application for registration, stating whether the application is to be treated as—
(a)
an application to register the society as a co-operative society, or
(b)
an application to register the society as a community benefit society.
(3)
Once the registrar receives the document, the application is to be treated in accordance with the statement contained in the document.