2003 No. 2678 (C. 103)
INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES

The Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2003

Made
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 7 of the Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 20031, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2003.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003.

Appointed days and application2.

(1)

The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 2 and 3 of the Act is 1st April 2004.

(2)

The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 4 to 6 of the Act is 20th October 2003.

(3)

Section 4 of the Act (purported contracts, deeds and obligations) shall only apply to contracts or deeds made, and obligations undertaken, on or after 20th October 2003.

Nick Ainger
Jim Murphy
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings sections 4 to 6 of the Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003 into force on 20th October 2003, and sections 2 and 3 of that Act into force on 1st April 2004. Section 4 of that Act (purported contracts, deeds and obligations) will only apply to contracts and deeds made, and obligations undertaken, on or after 20th October 2003.