{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1974/section-109",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1974/section-109.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/46",
  "legislation_title": "Friendly Societies Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1974",
  "path": "section/109",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "109",
  "heading": "Regulations.",
  "text": "(1) The Treasury may make regulations with respect to—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) the seal to be used by the FCA for the registration of any society or document (including any amendment to any document) under this Act, the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, the Building Societies Act 1986, or the Friendly Societies Act 1992, or otherwise for sealing any document for the purposes of this Act or any of those Acts;\n(c) the duties and functions of the FCA and of the PRA under this Act; and\n(d) the inspection of documents kept by the FCA under this Act;\nand generally for carrying this Act into effect.\n(2) Any power of the Treasury, or the Secretary of State to make regulations under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument and a statutory instrument made in the exercise of any such power, other than an instrument containing only regulations under section . . . 42 above, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 109(1)(a) repealed (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, art. 188"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 109(1)(b) substituted (17.8.2001 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2, 8,, 13(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 46(a)(i) (with art. 13(3), Sch. 5); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 109(1)(b)(d) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/496), art. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 2(1)(a)(2)(u) (with Sch. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 109(1) substituted (1.8.2014) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), s. 154, Sch. 4 para. 29 (with Sch. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 109(1)(c) substituted (17.8.2001 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2, 8, 13(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 46(a)(ii) (with art. 13(3), Sch. 5); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 109(1)(c) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/496), art. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 23 (with Sch. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 109(2) substituted (17.8.2001 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2, 8, 13(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 46(b)(i) (with art. 13(3), Sch. 5); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 109(2) repealed (17.8.2001 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2, 8, 13(1)(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 46(b)(ii), Sch. 4 (with art. 13(3), Sch. 5); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 109(3) repealed (17.8.2001 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2, 8, 13(1)(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 46(c), Sch. 4 (with art. 13(3), Sch. 5); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/46/section/109",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:43:06.632065+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."
}