# Building Societies Act 1986, Paragraph 18

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This paragraph amends the Housing Act 1985 as follows.
(2) In section 442(5) (consultations by Secretary of State regarding forms of local authority indemnity agreement) for “Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies" in paragraph (a), there shall be substituted “Building Societies Commission".
(3) In section 447 (recognised lending institutions) and in section 448 (recognised savings institutions) for “designated building societies" there shall be substituted “building societies".
(4) For section 450 (modifications of building society law) there shall be substituted the following section—
“ Modifications of building society law.
450 So much of an advance by a building society which is partly financed under section 445 (assistance for first-time buyers) or the corresponding Scottish or Northern Ireland provisions as is so financed shall be treated as not forming part of the advance for the purpose of determining—
(a) whether the advance, or any further advance made within two years of the date of purchase, is beyond the powers of the society, and
(b) the classification of the advance, or any such further advance, for the purposes of Part III of the Building Societies Act 1986.”.
(5) In section 622 (minor definitions) for the definition of “building society" there shall be substituted—
““building society” means a building society within the meaning of the Building Societies Act 1986”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/53/schedule/18/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-act-1986/schedule-18/paragraph-18
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