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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1992-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-1993/note",
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  "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",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nArticle 2 of this Order brings into force the provisions of the Friendly Societies Act 1992 listed in Schedules 1 and 2 for all remaining purposes and generally respectively on 1st January 1994. In particular the Order brings the 1992 Act into force for Northern Ireland, gives effect to the extension of the Friendly Societies Act 1974 to Northern Ireland and gives effect to the repeal of Northern Ireland legislation relating to friendly societies.\nArticle 2 also provides that, in relation to friendly societies which were previously registered in Northern Ireland, section 31 of the Act, which requires friendly societies to be authorised to carry on business in the UK, is to come into force on 1st January 1995.\nThe Order also contains transitional and savings provisions in relation to societies which were previously registered in Northern Ireland. Article 3 extends certain transitional provisions contained in the 1992 Act to friendly societies which were previously registered in Northern Ireland by substituting references to provisions of Northern Ireland legislation for references to provisions of the 1974 Act. The provisions relate to orders to suspend business (s78(1) of the 1970 Act) and to valuations of assets and liabilities (s34).\nArticle 4 enables friendly societies which were previously registered in Northern Ireland to continue to carry out purposes specified in Schedule 1 to the 1970 Act until they change their rules to conform with the 1992 Act purposes or are required to be authorised.\nArticle 5 substitutes the Registrar of Credit Unions for the Registrar of Friendly Societies for Northern Ireland as the officer who is to be known as the Industrial Assurance Commissioner under the 1979 Order. This ensures that remaining functions of the Commissioner may continue to be performed despite the abolition of the post of the Registrar of Friendly Societies for Northern Ireland by the repeal of the 1970 Act by this Order. Eventually all functions of the Commissioner will be repealed.\nArticle 6 provides for a transitional period during which industrial assurance companies and collecting societies are to change the particulars in their premium receipt books issued in Northern Ireland. Articles 7 and 8 ensure the compliance with the outstanding accounting, reporting and auditing obligations of societies previously registered in Northern Ireland.\nArticle 9 provides, for the avoidance of doubt, that exemptions granted under article 12 of the 1979 Order have continuing validity. Article 10 provides for the saving of offences for failure to comply with or contravene any directions by the Industrial Assurance Commissioner.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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