{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1992/section-104",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1992/section-104.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/40",
  "legislation_title": "Friendly Societies Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1992",
  "path": "section/104",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "104",
  "heading": "Public file of a friendly society.",
  "text": "(1) The FCA shall prepare and maintain a file relating to each friendly society (to be known as the public file) and the file shall—\n(a) contain the documents or, as the case may be, copies of the documents and the records of the matters directed by or under any provision of this Act to be kept in the public file of the society; and\n(b) be available for inspection on reasonable notice by members of the public subject to paragraph (2A) below below.\n(1A) The requirement to prepare and maintain the public file of a friendly society does not apply in relation to a document, a copy of a document or a record, if the FCA—\n(a) prepares and maintains an electronic copy of the document, copy or record; and\n(b) places the electronic copy on the FCA’s website.\n(2) Any member of the public shall be entitled, subject to paragraph (2A) below, to be furnished with a copy of all or any of the documents or records kept in the public file of a friendly society.\n(2A) The FCA may charge a reasonable fee for making the public file available to any person for inspection under subsection (1)(b) above, for making an electronic copy available under subsection (1A) above or for furnishing any person with a copy of any documents or records under subsection (2) above.\n(3) The FCA may keep in the public file of a registered friendly society any documents relating to a registered branch of the society which correspond to documents relating to the society which it is required to keep on that file.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 104 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/496), art. 1(1), Sch. 9 para. 43 (with Sch. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 104(1)(b) substituted (17.8.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2, 8(1), 13(1), Sch. 3 para. 108(b)(i) (with art. 13(3), Sch. 5); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1) also substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 203(5)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 104(1A) inserted (12.4.2011) by The Mutual Societies (Electronic Communications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/593), arts. 1(1), 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 104(2) substituted (17.8.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2, 8(1), 13(1), Sch. 3 para. 108(b)(ii) (with art. 13(3), Sch. 5); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1) also substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3538, arts. 1, 203(5)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 104(2A) inserted (17.8.2001 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2, 8(1), 13(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 108(c) (with art. 13(3), Sch. 5); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 104(2A) inserted (12.4.2011) by The Mutual Societies (Electronic Communications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/593), arts. 1(1), 5(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/40/section/104",
    "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."
}