{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1992-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-1993/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1992-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-1993/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/16",
  "legislation_title": "The Friendly Societies Act 1992 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1992-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-1993",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Friendly Societies Act 1992 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1974 Act” means the Friendly Societies Act 1974;\n“the 1992 Act” means the Friendly Societies Act 1992;\n“assistant registrar” means an assistant registrar of friendly societies;\n“Chief Registrar” means the Chief Registrar of friendly societies;\n“Commission” means the Friendly Societies Commission established under section 1 of the 1992 Act;\n“collecting society” has the meaning given to that term in section 1(1A) of the Industrial Assurance Act 1923;\n“registered friendly society or branch” means a friendly society or branch registered under the 1974 Act;\n“registered society or branch” means a society or branch registered under the 1974 Act;\n“registrar” has the meaning given to that term in section 111(3) of the 1974 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "13 and 14 Geo.5 c.8; section 1(1A) was inserted by sections 97 and 99 of, and Part II of Schedule 6 to the Companies Act 1967 (c. 81)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/3649",
      "affecting_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments and Repeals) Order 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/16/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:07:14.556975+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."
}