# Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, Section 1A: Meaning of “registered society”


(1) In this Act “registered society” means—
(a) a society registered under this Act as a co-operative or community benefit society, or
(b) a society that was registered or treated as registered under this Act (otherwise than as a credit union) immediately before section 8 of the Credit Unions and Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 came into operation.
(2) Nothing in that section affects the status of a society within subsection (1)(b) (a “pre-2016 Act society”) as registered or treated as registered under this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/24/section/1A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-act-northern-ireland-1969/section-1A
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