# The Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 1985, Article 14: Membership and voting rights

Extent: N.I.

(1) The following may be members of a credit union—
(a) an individual (acting on his or her own behalf);
(b) if, and to the extent, permitted by virtue of Article 14A—
(i) a body corporate;
(ii) an individual acting in the capacity as a partner in a partnership;
(iii) an individual acting in the capacity as an officer or member of the governing body of an unincorporated association.
(2) A person shall not be a member of a credit union unless he holds at least 1 fully paid-up share in that credit union, but the rules of the credit union shall not require a person to hold more than £5 in fully paid-up shares as a condition of membership.
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(5) A member of a credit union who ceases to have the required qualifications for admission to membership shall be entitled... to retain his membership unless the rules of the credit union provide otherwise.
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(7) Non-qualifying members of a credit union shall be left out of account in determining for any purpose whether a common bond exists between the members of the credit union.
(8) A non-qualifying member of a credit union shall be entitled, except so far as the rules of the credit union may provide otherwise, to purchase shares and. . . to receive loans.
(9) Subject to any provision in the rules of a credit union as to voting by a chairman who has a casting vote, on every matter which is determined by a vote of members of a credit union every member shall be entitled to vote and shall have one vote only.
(9A) Article 13(1A) and (1B) (membership rules: treatment of corporate members) apply for the purpose of paragraph (9); and the vote of the partnership or unincorporated association is to be cast by the corporate member.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1985/1205/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/credit-unions-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-14
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