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Paragraph 21

(1)

In section 125 (powers of court on hearing of petition) of the Act, subsection (1) applies with the omission of the words from “but the court" to the end of the subsection.

(2)

The conditions which the court may impose under section 125 of the Act include conditions for securing—

(a)

that the incorporated friendly society be dissolved by consent of its members under section 20 above; or

(b)

that the society amalgamates with, or transfers all or any of its engagements to, another friendly society under section 85 or 86 above, or

(c)

that the society converts itself into a company under section 91 above,

and may also include conditions for securing that any default which occasioned the petition be made good and that the costs, or in Scotland the expenses, of the proceedings on that petition be defrayed by the person or persons responsible for the default.

Notes on Part II

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 10 Pt. II heading substituted (7.4.2017) by The Deregulation Act 2015, the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 and the Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/400), regs. 1(2), 3(a)

F2

Words in Sch. 10 Pt. II heading inserted (13.3.2018) by The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/208), regs. 1(3), 3(a)