# Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, Section 66A: Dissolution of a society by an instrument of dissolution

Extent: N.I.

(1) A registered society may be dissolved by an instrument of dissolution that complies with section 67 and is approved—
(a) in the case of any society, by at least 75% of the society's members consenting to it, that consent being testified by their signatures to the instrument, or
(b) in the case of a dormant society, by a special resolution of the society.
(2) “Dormant society” means a society—
(a) whose accounts for the current year of account and the two years of account preceding it show no accounting transactions except—
(i) fees paid to the registrar;
(ii) fees paid before 6th April 2018 to the officer appointed to perform in Northern Ireland the functions of a registrar of credit unions;
(iii) fees paid to the PRA;
(iv) payments of dividends;
(v) payments of interest; and
(b) that has notified the registrar that it is dormant.
(3) “Special resolution” has the same meaning as in section 59.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/24/section/66A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-act-northern-ireland-1969/section-66A
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