{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-general-charge-and-fees-regulations-1997/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-general-charge-and-fees-regulations-1997/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/740",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Societies (General Charge and Fees) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-general-charge-and-fees-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Building Societies Act 1986;\n“the accounting year 1997—98” means the period of 12 months ending on 31st March 1998;\n“amalgamation” means an amalgamation under section 93 of the Act;\n“operative date” means the date on which these Regulations come into force;\n“registered”, in relation to any time, means having the status of a society registered or deemed to be registered under the Act at that time;\n“the relevant year” means the period of 12 months ending on 31st December 1996;\n“society” means a building society; and\n“transfer of engagements” means a transfer of engagements under section 94 of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/740/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:21:39.506827+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."
}