SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Consequential amendments

Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c.24 (N.I.))

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1

Section 69 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (decision of disputes) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (7) (decision of disputes)—

a

in the opening words, omit the words from “and without prejudice” to “1937”;

b

at the beginning of paragraph (a) insert “ without prejudice to any powers exercisable by virtue of Part I of the Arbitration Act 1996, ”; and

c

in paragraph (b) omit “the registrar or” and “registrar or” and for the words from “as might have been granted by the High Court” to the end substitute “ as might be granted by the registrar ”.

3

For subsection (8) substitute—

8

The court or registrar to whom any dispute is referred under subsections (2) to (6) may at the request of either party state a case on any question of law arising in the dispute for the opinion of the High Court.