{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1992/schedule-15/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1992/schedule-15/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/40",
  "legislation_title": "Friendly Societies Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1992",
  "path": "schedule/15/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where a friendly society applies for confirmation of an amalgamation, transfer or conversion, it shall publish a notice of the application—\n(a) in one or more of the London Gazette, the Edinburgh Gazette or the Belfast Gazette, as the Commission directs, and,\n(b) if it so directs, in one or more newspapers.\n(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) The notice shall—\n(a) state that any interested party has the right to make representations to the appropriate authority with respect to the application;\n(b) specify a date determined by the appropriate authority before which any written representations or notice of a person’s intention to make oral representation must be received by the appropriate authority; and\n(c) specify a date determined by the appropriate authority as the day on which it intends to hear any oral representations.\n(3) Where a friendly society participating in a transfer is required under section 88 above to furnish an actuary’s report, the society shall publish a notice in the manner required by sub-paragraph (1) above—\n(a) stating that such a report has been obtained;\n(b) stating–\n(i) the addresses of the offices of the society, ...\n(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nat which copies of the report shall be available for inspection for a period of not less than 21 days beginning with the date of the first publication of the notice; and\n(c)containing such particulars of any other matter relating to the report which the appropriate authority requires in the case of the transfer in question;\nand such a society may include the notice required by this sub-paragraph in the notice required by sub-paragraph (1) above.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 6(1A) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Friendly Societies (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1039), regs. 1, 15(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 15 para. 6 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/496), art. 1(1), Sch. 9 para. 56(7) (with Sch. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 6(3)(b) substituted (1.9.1994) by S.I. 1994/1984, reg. 25, Sch. 4 para. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 15 para. 6(3)(b)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Friendly Societies (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1039), regs. 1, 15(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 6(3)(b)(ii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Friendly Societies (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1039), regs. 1, 15(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/40/schedule/15/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:45.024631+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."
}