# The Community Benefit Societies (Restriction on Use of Assets) Regulations 2006, Regulation 2: Interpretation


For the purposes of these Regulations—
“the 2003 Act” means the Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003;
“the Authority” means the Financial Services Authority;
“charity” –
(a) in relation to a society whose registered office is situated in England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the Charities Act 1993; and
(b) in relation to a society whose registered office is situated in Scotland, means a body established for charitable purposes only (that expression having the same meaning as in the Income Tax Acts);
“committee” and “officer” have the meaning given by section 74(1) of the 1965 Act(interpretation – general);
“community benefit society” has the meaning given by section 1(9) of the 2003 Act;
“community interest company” has the meaning given by section 26 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004;
“prescribed community benefit society” means a community benefit society of the kinds prescribed by regulation 5;
“registered social landlord” means—
(a) a housing association registered in the register maintained by the Housing Corporation or the Secretary of State under section 1 of the Housing Act 1996; or
(b) in Scotland, a body registered in the register maintained by the Scottish Ministers under section 57 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001;
“a restriction on use” means a rule included in the rules of a prescribed community benefit society which is in the terms set out in Schedule 1.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110737865/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-community-benefit-societies-restriction-on-use-of-assets-regulations-2006/regulation-2
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