PART I

General

Interpretation
3
1
In this Order—
- “the
2000 Act
” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000,
- “assistant registrar” means an assistant registrar of friendly societies for the central registration area,
- “the assistant registrar for Scotland” means the assistant registrar of friendly societies for Scotland,
- “
the Board
” means the Building Societies Investor Protection Board,
- “building society” has the same meaning as in the Building Societies Act 1986,
- “the central office” means the central office of the registry of friendly societies,
- “the central registration area” means the area defined by section 4(1)(a) of the Friendly Societies Act 1974
(as it had effect immediately before its repeal by the
2000 Act
),
- “the
Chief Registrar
” means the Chief Registrar of friendly societies,
- “commencement” means the beginning of the day on which section 19 of the
2000 Act
comes into force,
- “enactment” includes an enactment contained in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978
, and
- “the last period” means the period beginning with 1st April 2001 and ending at commencement.
2
In this Order, “transferred function” means any function transferred by article 4 and, in relation to any transferred function, “transferor” means the person from whom the function is transferred and “transferee” means the person to whom it is transferred.
3
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an article by number alone is a reference to the article so numbered in this Order.
1986 c. 53; see the definition in section 119(1).
1974 c. 46. Section 4(1) was amended by the Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40), Schedule 16, paragraph 2(1).
1978 c. 30; see the definition in section 21(1).
Art. 3 in force at 17.8.2001 for specified purposes and 1.12.2001 in so far as not already in force, see art. 2
Order revoked (except for art. 7 and Sch. 5 paras. 5, 7, 11, 12 21, 22, 25(a) and arts. 3, 4 in so far as they relate to art. 7) (1.9.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) (No. 3) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1765), arts. 1, 4(1) (with art. 4(2)(a)(b))