{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-designation-of-prescribed-regulatory-authorities-order-1988/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-designation-of-prescribed-regulatory-authorities-order-1988/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/630",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Societies (Designation of Prescribed Regulatory Authorities) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-designation-of-prescribed-regulatory-authorities-order-1988",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires—\n“the Act” means the Building Societies Act 1986,\n“the Board” means the body known as The Securities and Investments Board which is a designated agency for the purposes of, and a transferee body for the purposes of Schedule 11 (friendly societies) to, the Financial Services Act 1986,\n“recognised self-regulating organisation” has the meaning which it bears for the purposes of the Financial Services Act 1986, and\n“recognised self-regulating organisation for friendly societies” has the meaning which it bears for the purposes of Schedule 11 to the Financial Services Act 1986.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 60, as read with S.I. 1987/925 and 942 and S.R. 1987 No. 228 (N.I.)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/630/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:08:35.306210+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."
}