{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-act-1986/section-86",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-act-1986/section-86.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/53",
  "legislation_title": "Building Societies Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-act-1986",
  "path": "section/86",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "86",
  "heading": "Modes of dissolution and winding up.",
  "text": "(1) A building society—\n(a) may be dissolved by consent of the members, or\n(b) may be wound up voluntarily or by the court,\nin accordance with this Part; and a building society may not, except where it is dissolved by virtue of section 93(5), 94(10) or 97(9), or following building society insolvency or building society special administration, be dissolved or wound up in any other manner.\n(2) A building society which is in the course of dissolution by consent, or is being wound up voluntarily, may be wound up by the court.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 86(1) inserted (29.3.2009) by The Building Societies (Insolvency and Special Administration) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/805), art. 7"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/53/section/86",
    "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."
}