{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1992-amendment-regulations-1994/schedule-1/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1992-amendment-regulations-1994/schedule-1/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1984",
  "legislation_title": "The Friendly Societies Act 1992 (Amendment) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1992-amendment-regulations-1994",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where a person–\n(a) has contravened paragraph 1 or 2 above by becoming a controller of a friendly society to which section 37(2) or (3) above applies, or by acquiring notifiable voting rights in such a society;\n(b) having become such a controller or acquired such voting rights in contravention of paragraph 1 or 2 above, continues to be such a controller or to retain those voting rights after being served with a notice of objection under paragraph 4 above;\n(c) having been served with a notice imposing conditions under paragraph 5 above, has failed to comply with any of the conditions specified in that notice; or\n(d) having been served with a notice of objection under paragraph 6 above to his continuing to be such a controller, continues to be such a controller;\nand references in this paragraph to the person in breach shall be construed accordingly.\n(2) The Commission may by notice served on the person in breach direct that–\n(a) no voting rights shall be exercisable by that person;\n(b) that any vote cast by that person shall be ineffective;\n(c) that any resolution adopted, in relation to which that person voted, shall be ineffective and treated as void;\n(d) any appointment of that person as a delegate shall be void;\n(e) that person may be disqualified from membership of the society.\n(3) A copy of the notice served on the person in breach under sub–paragraph (2) above shall be served on the society to whose voting rights it relates.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1984/schedule/1/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:28:40.485904+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."
}