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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-audit-investigations-and-community-enterprise-act-2004/section-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-audit-investigations-and-community-enterprise-act-2004/section-56.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/27",
  "legislation_title": "Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-audit-investigations-and-community-enterprise-act-2004",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Becoming a registered society",
  "text": "(1) Unless regulations make provision to the contrary, a community interest company may not convert itself into a registered society under section 115 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 or section 62 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.\n(2) If regulations make provision allowing the conversion of community interest companies under that section they may include provision modifying that section in its application by virtue of the regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 56(1) substituted (1.8.2014) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), s. 154, Sch. 4 para. 90(2) (with Sch. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 56(1) inserted (6.4.2007) by The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1093), art. 1(3), Sch. 4 para. 21 (with art. 11(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 56 heading substituted (1.8.2014) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), s. 154, Sch. 4 para. 90(3) (with Sch. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 56 in force at 1.7.2005 by S.I. 2004/3322, art. 2(3), Sch. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/27/section/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:59.566027+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}