Section 28A Purported contracts, deeds and obligationsF1
A contract which purports to be made by or on behalf of a registered society at a time when the society has not been registered under this Act shall have effect, subject to any agreement to the contrary, as one made with the person purporting to act for the society or as agent for it.
A contract to which subsection (1) applies shall be treated—
as imposing on that person all the obligations it purports to impose on the society; and
as conferring on him all the rights it purports to confer on the society.
Subsections (1) and (2) apply to the making of a deed as they apply to the making of a contract.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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S. 28A inserted (1.7.2006) by Industrial and Provident Societies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/314 (N.I. 3)), arts. 1(3), 5(1); S.R. 2006/242, art. 2
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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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)
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