Credit Unions Act 1979

7 Shares.E+W+S

(1)All shares in a credit union shall be of £1 denomination and may, subject to the rules of the credit union, be subscribed for either in full or by periodical or other subscriptions but no share shall be allotted to a member until it has been fully paid in cash.

(2)Shares in a credit union [F1, other than deferred shares,] shall not be transferable and a credit union shall not issue to a member a certificate denoting ownership of a share.

(3)Nothing in subsection (2) above shall affect the operation of section 24(1) of the 1965 Act (transfer in pursuance of nomination on death of nominator).

(4)Subject to subsection (5) [F2and section 11(1C)] below, shares in a credit union [F3, other than deferred shares,] shall be withdrawable but a credit union shall not issue shares except on terms enabling it to require not less than sixty days’ notice of withdrawal.

[F4(5)Where a credit union has made a loan to a member which is treated by virtue of section 11A(2) below as a secured loan, the member shall not be permitted to withdraw shares where his paid-up shareholding, excluding any deferred shares, in the credit union is, or following the withdrawal would be, less than his total liability (including contingent liability) to the credit union whether as borrower, guarantor or otherwise.]

[F5(6)If deferred shares are subscribed for in full, the credit union shall transfer a sum equal to the amount paid on those shares to its reserves.]