Section 2 Registration of society.
Northern Ireland
Subject to subsection (2)—
no society shall be registered under this Act if the number of the members thereof is less thanF1 three; and
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 F2to the registrar with two copies of the society’s rules or, if the application is made by electronic means, one copy of those rules .
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 F3... copies of the rules of the society sought to be registered F4(or, if the application is made by electronic means, one copy of those rules) .
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 F5, 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.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
- F2
Words in s. 2(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2018 immediately after 2016 c. 16 (N.I.), s. 8(2) comes into force) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/323), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 3(a) (with art. 3)
- F3
Word in s. 2(2) omitted (6.4.2018 immediately after 2016 c. 16 (N.I.), s. 8(2) comes into force) by virtue of The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/323), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 3(b)(i) (with art. 3)
- F4
Words in s. 2(2) inserted (6.4.2018 immediately after 2016 c. 16 (N.I.), s. 8(2) comes into force) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/323), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 3(b)(ii) (with art. 3)
- F5
Words in s. 2(3) substituted (6.4.2018 immediately after 2016 c. 16 (N.I.), s. 8(2) comes into force) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/323), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 3(c) (with art. 3)
Modifications
- C1
S. 2(3) modified (31.7.2006) by Community Benefit Societies (Restriction on Use of Assets) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/258), reg. 17, Sch. 2 para 1(1)
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act: "The Industrial and Provident Societies (N.I.) Act 1969 may be cited as The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (N.I.) 1969" (6.4.2018) by virtue of Credit Unions and Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (NorthernIreland) 2016 (c. 16), ss. 8(2), 17(2) (with Sch. 2 paras. 2, 3); S.R. 2017/217, art. 2(b)
- F2