Part VIIIU.K. Accounts and Audit

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. VIII (ss. 71–82) excluded by S.I. 1986/2168, art. 12(1)(a)

C2Pt. VIII (ss. 71–82) modified (temp.until 1.1.1993) by S.I. 1990/1392, art. 6(3)

Procedure on completion of accountsU.K.

80 Signing of balance sheet: documents to be annexed.U.K.

(1)Every balance sheet of a building society shall be signed by [F1one director] on behalf of the board of directors F2....

(2)The income and expenditure account, F3. . . and the annual business statement shall be annexed to the balance sheet, and so shall any group accounts; and the auditor’s report shall be attached to it.

(3)The income and expenditure account, F4. . . and the annual business statement shall be approved by the board of directors before the balance sheet is signed on their behalf, and so shall any group accounts; and the date of their approval of those documents shall be endorsed on the balance sheet.

(4)The directors’ report shall be attached to the balance sheet.

(5)If a balance sheet has not been signed as required by subsection (1) above, and a copy of it is issued, circulated or published, the building society shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and so shall any officer who is also guilty of the offence.

(6)If any copy of a balance sheet is issued, circulated or published—

(a)without having annexed to it a copy of the income and expenditure account, or

F5(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)without having annexed to it a copy of the annual business statement, or

(d)without having attached to it a copy of the [F6auditor’s report], or

(e)without having attached to it a copy of the directors’ report,

the building society shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and so shall any officer who is also guilty of the offence.

Textual Amendments

F3Words in s. 80(2) omitted (23.3.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1999/248, reg. 3, Sch. para. 5(1)

F4Words in s. 80(3) omitted (23.3.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1999/248, reg. 3, Sch. para. 5(2)

F5S. 80(6)(b) omitted (23.3.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1999/248, reg. 3, Sch. para. 5(3)