2 Registration of society.E+W+S
(1)Subject to subsection (2) of this section—
(a)no society shall be registered under this Act if the number of the members thereof is less than [F1three]; and
(b)an application for the registration of a society under this Act shall be signed by [F1three] members and the secretary of the society and shall be sent with two printed copies of the society’s rules to [F2the Authority].
(2)A society whose members consist solely of two or more registered societies may be registered under this Act if the application for registration is signed by F3. . . the secretary of each [F4(or, if more than two, of each of any two)] of the constituent societies and is accompanied by two printed copies F3. . . of the rules of the society sought to be registered.
(3)On being satisfied that a society has complied with the provisions of this Act as to registration thereunder, [F2the Authority] shall issue to the society an acknowledgment of registration [F5bearing the Authority’s seal]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 2(1)(a)(b) word substituted (1.9.1996) by S.I. 1996/1738, arts. 1, 3(1)
F2Words in s. 2(1)(b)(3) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2(b), 13(1), Sch. 3 Pt. III para. 215 (with art. 13(3), Sch. 5); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)
F3S. 2(2) words repealed (1.9.1996) by S.I. 1996/1738, arts. 1, 4(1)(a)(c)
F4S. 2(2) words substituted (1.9.1996) by S.I. 1996/1738, arts. 1, 4(1)(b)
F5Words in s. 2(3) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 181(2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 2(1) modified by Credit Unions Act 1979 (c. 34, SIF 55:3), s. 6(1)(a)
C2S. 2(3) modified by Credit Unions Act 1979 (c. 34, SIF 55:3), s. 2(2)