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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-act-2014/section-17",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/14",
  "legislation_title": "Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-act-2014",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Appeal against refusal to register amendment of rules",
  "text": "(1) A society may appeal to the appropriate court from a decision of the FCA refusing registration of an amendment of the society's rules.\n(2) “The appropriate court” means—\n(a) if the society's registered office is in Scotland, the Court of Session;\n(b) otherwise, the High Court.\n(3) If the decision is overruled on appeal, the FCA must register the amendment and give the society an acknowledgment of registration under section 16.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/14/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:41.913207+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."
}