Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “Northern Ireland society” means a society which, prior to 1st January 1987, was registered in Northern Ireland;

• “the operative date” means the date on which this Order comes into force;

• “the previous enactments” means—

  1. (a)

     except in relation to a Northern Ireland society, the Building Societies Act 1962^f1, and

  2. (b)

     in relation to a Northern Ireland society, the Building Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1967^f2;

• “the previous Order” means the Building Societies Act 1986 (Rules and Miscellaneous Transitional Provisions) Order 1986^f3;

• “the previous regulations” means—

  1. (a)

     except in relation to a Northern Ireland society, the Building Societies (Accounts and Annual Return) Regulations 1983^f4, and

  2. (b)

     in relation to a Northern Ireland society, the Building Societies (Accounts and Annual Return) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984^f5;

• “the registrar” means—

  1. (a)

     except in relation to a Northern Ireland society, the Chief Registrar, and

  2. (b)

     in relation to a Northern Ireland society, the officer appointed to perform the functions of registrar of building societies in Northern Ireland;

• “relevant accounts” means a society’s revenue and appropriation account and balance sheet to which, by virtue of Article 3 below, this Order applies;

• “relevant return” means a society’s annual return to the registrar to which, by virtue of Article 3 below, this Order applies;

• “the saved provisions” means the provisions of the previous enactments and of the previous regulations the application of which to relevant accounts and relevant returns has been saved as specified in Article 3(1) below; and

• “society” means a building society.