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(1)In their application to credit unions, sections 50 and 51 of the 1965 Act (amalgamations of registered societies and transfers of engagements between them) shall have effect subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section.
(2)A credit union shall not amalgamate with or transfer its engagements to or accept a transfer of engagements from any registered society which is not a credit union.
(3)The [F1Authority] shall not register a special resolution under section 50 or section 51 of the 1965 Act if in [F2its] opinion—
(a)the proposed amalgamation or transfer of engagements would result in a contravention of any provision of this Act or of the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1965 to 1978 [F3or any requirement imposed by or under the 2000 Act]; or
[F4(b)section 1B (further requirements where common bond relates to locality) would apply to the proposed amalgamated credit union or, as the case may be, the credit union proposing to accept the transfer of engagements and the requirements of that section would not be met.]
(4)In this Act the expression “non-qualifying member”, in relation to an amalgamated credit union or a credit union which has accepted a transfer of engagements, includes a person who [F5does not fall within a common bond and as a result does not qualify for admission to membership] of that credit union but became a member of it by virtue of the amalgamation or transfer of engagements, having been immediately before the amalgamation or transfer a non-qualifying member of one of the amalgamating credit unions or, as the case may be, the credit union from which the transfer of engagements was made.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 21(3) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2(b), 13(1), Sch. 3 Pt. IV para. 282 (with art. 13(3)); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)
F2Word in s. 21(3) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2(b), 13(1), Sch. 3 Pt. IV para. 286 (with art. 13(3)); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)
F3Words in s. 21(3)(a) inserted (2.7.2002) by S.I. 2002/1501, arts. 1(1), 2(16)
F4S. 21(3)(b) substituted (8.1.2012) by The Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2687), arts. 1(1)(b), 14(3)(a) (with arts. 25, 26)
F5Words in s. 21(4) substituted (8.1.2012) by The Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2687), arts. 1(1)(b), 14(3)(b) (with arts. 25, 26)
Section 52 of the 1965 Act (conversion of registered society into company or amalgamation with, or transfer of engagements from registered society to, company) shall not apply to credit unions.
(1)In its application to the conversion of a company into a credit union, section 53 of the 1965 Act (conversion of company into registered society) shall have effect subject to the provisions of this section.
(2)In subsection (1) of that section the words from “and for this purpose" to the end (which refer to the Limitation on shareholdings applicable to societies other than credit unions) shall be omitted.
(3)A company shall not be registered as a credit union in accordance with that section unless the [F6Authority] is satisfied—
(a)that either there are no outstanding deposits by members with the company or that, in the case of every such outstanding deposit, the member concerned has consented in writing to the deposit being converted into an equivalent amount of shares in the credit union immediately upon the company being registered as a credit union; [F7and]
(b)that in no case does the nominal value of the company’s shares held by any member, together with the amount of any deposit of his which is to be converted as mentioned in paragraph (a) above, exceed the maximum shareholding for the time being permitted by section 5(3) above [F8any applicable rules made by the Authority under the 2000 Act] in the case of a member of a credit union; F9. . .
F10(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F6Word in s. 23(3) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2(b), 13(1), Sch. 3 Pt. IV para. 282 (with art. 13(3)); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)
F7Word in s. 23(3)(a) inserted (2.7.2002) by S.I. 2002/1501, arts. 1(1), 2(17)(a)
F8Words in s. 23(3)(b) substituted (2.7.2002) by S.I. 2002/1501, arts. 1(1), 2(17)(b)
F9Word in s. 23(3)(b) omitted (2.7.2002) by virtue of S.I. 2002/1501, arts. 1(1), 2(17)(c)
F10S. 23(3)(c) omitted (2.7.2002) by virtue of S.I. 2002/1501, arts. 1(1), 2(17)(d)
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