{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-act-1986/schedule-2/paragraph-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-act-1986/schedule-2/paragraph-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/53",
  "legislation_title": "Building Societies Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-act-1986",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/27",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A resolution of a building society shall be a special resolution when it has been passed by not less than three-quarters of the number of the members of the society qualified to vote on a special resolution and voting either—\n(a) in person or by proxy on a poll on the resolution at a meeting of the society of which notice specifying the intention to move the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given; or\n(b) in a postal or electronic ballot on the resolution of which notice specifying that the resolution will not be effective unless it is passed as a special resolution has been duly given.\n(2) In any rules made by a building society on or after 1st October 1960, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, “special resolution”, unless the context otherwise requires, means a special resolution as defined in this paragraph.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 27(1)(b) inserted (20.3.2003) by The Building Societies Act 1986 (Electronic Communications) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/404), arts. 1(1), 30(8)"
    }
  ],
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      "affecting_title": "The Building Societies Act 1986 (Assimilation to Company Law and Changes to Funding Limit) Order 2026"
    },
    {
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      "affecting_title": "The Building Societies Act 1986 (Assimilation to Company Law and Changes to Funding Limit) Order 2026"
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      "affecting_title": "The Building Societies Act 1986 (Assimilation to Company Law and Changes to Funding Limit) Order 2026"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/53/schedule/2/paragraph/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:54:49.368285+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}