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The Building Societies (Limits on Lending) Order 1988

S.I. 1988/1197 · Made 8 July 1988

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BUILDING SOCIETIES

Made 8th July 1988

Laid before Parliament 12th July 1988

Coming into force 30th August 1988

The Building Societies Commission, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 15(7) and 16(8) of the Building Societies Act 1986f1 hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1986 c. 53; sections 15 and 16 were amended by S.I. 1987/1975.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Specification of sums for the purposes of sections 15(7) and 16(8) of the Building Societies Act 1986
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Building Societies (Limits on Lending) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 30th August 1988.

2Specification of sums for the purposes of sections 15(7) and 16(8) of the Building Societies Act 1986

(1)

The sum specified for the purposes of section 15(7) (limit on mobile home loans to any one individual) of the Building Societies Act 1986 shall be £15,000.

(2)

The sum specified for the purposes of section 16(8) (limit on loans to any one individual) of the Building Societies Act 1986 shall be £10,000.

Signature

In witness whereof the common seal of the Building Societies Commission is hereunto fixed, and is authenticated by me, a person authorised under paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the Building Societies Act 1986, on 7th July 1988.

L.S.

P. H. Gevers

Secretary to the Commission

We consent to this Order

Peter Lloyd

Tony Durant

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

8th July 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases from £10,000 to £15,000 the limit on loans which a building society may make to an individual under section 15 of the Building Societies Act 1986 for the purchase of a mobile home, and increases from £5,000 to £10,000 the limit on loans (other than mobile home loans and loans fully secured on land) which a building society may make to an individual under section 16 of the 1986 Act.