# Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, Section 19: Members under age of 18

Extent: N.I.

(1) A person under the age of 18 may be a member of a registered society unless the society's registered rules provide otherwise.
(2) A person under the age of 18—
(a) may enjoy all the rights of a member of a registered society, and
(b) if aged 16 or over, may execute all instruments and give all receipts necessary to be executed or given under a society's registered rules.
This is subject to the society's registered rules and to the provisions of this Act.
(3) A person under the age of 16 may not be a member of a registered society's committee or a trustee, manager or treasurer of a registered society.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/24/section/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-act-northern-ireland-1969/section-19
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