# The Deregulation (Industrial and Provident Societies) Order 1996, Article 5: Time for submission of annual returns: industrial and provident societies


(1) Section 39 of the 1965 Act (annual returns) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) (duty to send return to the appropriate registrar)—
(a) for “, not later than 31st March in each year,” there shall be substituted “within the period of 7 months beginning immediately after the end of the period required by this section to be included in the return”, and
(b) for “relating to its affairs for the period required by this section to be included in the return” there shall be substituted “relating to its affairs for that period”.
(3) In subsection (3) (under which returns made up to a date later than the usual date must be sent to the appropriate registrar within three months) the words from “and in that case” to the end are hereby repealed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1738/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-industrial-and-provident-societies-order-1996/article-5
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