SCHEDULES
C1SCHEDULE 15 Amalgamations, Transfers of Engagements and Conversion: Supplementary
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
Part II Confirmation by F1appropriate authority
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Amendments (Textual)
F1
Words in Sch. 15 Pt. 2 heading substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/496), art. 1(1), Sch. 9 para. 56(5) (with Sch. 12)
Effect of failure to comply with relevant requirements
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A failure to comply with a relevant requirement of this Act or any rules of a friendly society shall not invalidate any amalgamation, transfer of engagements or conversion; but a society which—
a
participates in an amalgamation or transfer or converts into a company; and
b
fails without reasonable excuse to comply with such a requirement;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
Sch. 15: power to modify conferred (16.1.2009) by Building Societies (Funding) and Mutual Societies (Transfers) Act 2007 (c. 26), ss. 3, 6(2); S.I. 2009/36, art. 2