Section 9 Interpretation.

This Part of this Act shall apply to a society registered in Scotland under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts, 1893 to 1928, and having for its principal object the provision and sale of agricultural requisites to its members or the sale, either after a process of manufacture or otherwise, of agricultural produce purchased from its members.

In this Part of this Act—

F1“Bank” means—

and the expressions used in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this definition must be read with section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, any relevant order under that section and Schedule 2 to that Act;

• “Agricultural requisites” means seeds, manures and feeding stuffs, agricultural vehicles, machinery and other plant;

• “Agricultural produce” means crops or horticultural produce, live stock and the produce of any kind of animal husbandry, including the carcases, hides, wool and fur of animals, eggs, bacon, cheese, butter and other dairy produce.