{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1992-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-1993/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1992-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-1993/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/3226",
  "legislation_title": "The Friendly Societies Act 1992 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1992-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-provisions-and-savings-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. 7 and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 1993.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1970 Act” means the Friendly Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1970;\n“the 1974 Act” means the Friendly Societies Act 1974;\n“the 1979 Order” means the Industrial Assurance (Northern Ireland) Order 1979;\n“the 1992 Act” means the Friendly Societies Act 1992;\n“collecting society” has the meaning given to that term in article 2(2) of the 1979 Order; and\n“industrial assurance company” has the meaning given to that term in article 2(2) of the 1979 Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1970 c. 31 (N.I.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1974 c. 46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1979/1574 (N.I.13)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Article 2(2) was amended by paragraph 18(1) of Schedule 19 to the 1992 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Article 2(2) was amended by paragraph 18(1) of Schedule 19 to the 1992 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3226/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:43:50.538806+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."
}