SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15 Amalgamations, Transfers of Engagements and Conversion: Supplementary

Part II Confirmation by F1Authority

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1

Word in the title of Sch. 15 Pt. II substituted (17.8.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2, 8(1), 13(1), Sch. 3 para. 128(d) (with art. 13(1), Sch. 5); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)

Applications for confirmation

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1

Where a friendly society applies for confirmation of an amalgamation, transfer or conversion, it shall publish a notice of the application—

a

in one or more of the London Gazette, the Edinburgh Gazette or the Belfast Gazette, as the Commission directs, and,

b

if it so directs, in one or more newspapers.

F21A

Where an application for confirmation of a transfer is made by a friendly society to which section 37(2) or (3) above applies and F3. . .-

F4. . .as regards any policy included in the proposed transfer, F5an EEA State other than the United Kingdom is the State in which the risk or commitment is situated; F4. . .

F6b

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ..the society shall also; if the F7Authority so directs publish the notice in two national newspapers in that State.

2

The notice shall—

a

state that any interested party has the right to make representations to the F7Authority with respect to the application;

b

specify a date determined by the F7Authority before which any written representations or notice of a person’s intention to make oral representation must be received by the F7Authority; and

c

specify a date determined by the Authority as the day on which it intends to hear any oral representations.

3

Where a friendly society participating in a transfer is required under section 88 above to furnish an actuary’s report, the society shall publish a notice in the manner required by sub-paragraph (1) above—

a

stating that such a report has been obtained;

F8b

stating–

i

the addresses of the offices of the society, and

ii

where the society is directed in accordance with sub–paragraph (1A) above to publish a notice of the application in two national newspapers in a State other than the United Kingdom, the address of such place in that State as the F7Authority directs,

at which copies of the report shall be available for inspection for a period of not less than 21 days beginning with the date of the first publication of the notice; and

  1. c

    containing such particulars of any other matter relating to the report which the F7Authority requires in the case of the transfer in question;

and such a society may include the notice required by this sub-paragraph in the notice required by sub-paragraph (1) above.