# Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, Section 2: Registration of society.

Extent: N.I.

(1) Subject to subsection (2)—
(a) no society shall be registered under this Act if the number of the members thereof is less than three; and
(b) an application for the registration of a society under this Act shall be signed by three members and the secretary of the society and shall be sent to the registrar with two copies of the society’s rules or, if the application is made by electronic means, one copy of those rules .
(2) A society whose members consist solely of two or more registered societies may be registered under this Act if the application for registration is signed by the secretary of each (or, if more than two, of each of any two) of the constituent societies and is accompanied by two ... copies of the rules of the society sought to be registered (or, if the application is made by electronic means, one copy of those rules) .
(3) On being satisfied that a society has complied with the provisions of this Act as to registration thereunder, the registrar shall issue to the society an acknowledgement of registration , bearing the registrar’s seal, which shall be conclusive evidence that the society is duly registered under this Act unless it is proved that the registration of the society has been cancelled or is for the time being suspended.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/24/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-act-northern-ireland-1969/section-2
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