{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/credit-unions-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-80",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/credit-unions-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-80.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1985/1205",
  "legislation_title": "The Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/credit-unions-northern-ireland-order-1985",
  "path": "article/80",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "80",
  "heading": "Form, deposit and evidence of documents",
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to Article 49(2)(a) and (b) ..., every return and other document required for the purposes of this Order—\n(a) shall be made in such form, and\n(b) shall contain such particulars, and\n(c) shall be deposited and registered or recorded, with or without observations on the return or other document, in such manner,\nas the FCA may direct.\n(2) ... every document purporting to be signed by any inspector under this Order shall, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, be received in evidence without proof of the signature.\n(3) A document bearing the FCA’s seal, including any document purporting to be a copy or extract of a credit union’s rules or of any other instrument or document, is to be received in evidence without further proof.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 80(1) omitted (6.4.2018 immediately after 2016 c. 16 (N.I.), s. 8(2) comes into force) by virtue of The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/323), art. 1, Sch. 3 para. 24(a) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in art. 80(1) substituted (6.4.2018 immediately after 2016 c. 16 (N.I.), s. 8(2) comes into force) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/323), art. 1, Sch. 3 para. 2(x) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 80(2) omitted (6.4.2018 immediately after 2016 c. 16 (N.I.), s. 8(2) comes into force) by virtue of The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/323), art. 1, Sch. 3 para. 24(b) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 80(3) inserted (6.4.2018 immediately after 2016 c. 16 (N.I.), s. 8(2) comes into force) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/323), art. 1, Sch. 3 para. 24(c) (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1985/1205/article/80",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:49.006835+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."
}