# Credit Unions Act 1979, Section 6: Minimum and maximum number of members.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The minimum number of members of a credit union shall be twenty-one ....
(1A) Accordingly, references in the following provisions to 3 members are to be read as 21 members—
(a) section 3(1)(a)(i) of the 2014 Act as it applies to an application for registration as a credit union;
(b) section 5(3)(b) of that Act as it applies to the cancellation of a credit union's registration;
(c) section 115(2) as it applies to the conversion of a company into a credit union.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/34/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/credit-unions-act-1979/section-6
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