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  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/46",
  "legislation_title": "Friendly Societies Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1974",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to consolidate the Friendly Societies Acts 1896 to 1971 and certain other enactments relating to the societies to which those Acts apply with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.\n[31st July 1974]",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act modified by Finance Act 1984 (c. 43, SIF 63:1), s. 73(7)–(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act excluded by S.I. 1987/2132, reg. 65"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act excluded by S.I. 1983/408, reg. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Act restricted (1.2.1993) by Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40), s. 93(1) (with ss. 7(5) and 93(4)); S.I. 1993/16, art. 2, Sch. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Act extended to N.I. (1.1.1994) by Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40), s. 96(1) (with ss. 7(5) and 93(4)); S.I. 1993/3226, art. 2, Sch. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Act modified (1.1.1994) by Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40), s. 124(2), (with ss. 7(5) and 93(4)); S.I. 1993/3226, art. 2, Sch. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Act restricted (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 10(3)(b), 302."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "Act applied (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 19(2), 302."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "Act: power to amend conferred (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48 s. 162 (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86 art. 2 (with ss. 6(8), 164)Act: power to amend conferred (N.I.) (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49 s. 158(3); S.R. 1994/17 art. 2 (with Sch. 8 para. 7(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "Act power to amend conferred (24.1.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), ss. 50(2)(e), 122(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/113, art. 2(1)(a), Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 117(2); Act wholly in force at 1.4.1975."
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  "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."
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