{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-appeal-tribunal-regulations-1993/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2002",
  "legislation_title": "The Friendly Societies Appeal Tribunal Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-appeal-tribunal-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the Act” means the Friendly Societies Act 1992;\n“appeal” means an appeal to which these Regulations apply in accordance with regulation 3;\n“appellant” means a person who under the Act is entitled to appeal or, being so entitled, has appealed, as the case may be, to the Tribunal against a decision of the Commission;\n“the chairman” means the chairman of the Tribunal appointed in accordance with section 59(2)(a) of the Act;\n“the Commission” means the Friendly Societies Commission established by section 1 of the Act;\n“preliminary hearing” means the hearing held pursuant to regulation 10;\n“the secretary” means the person appointed by the Treasury to act as secretary to the Tribunal;\n“the Tribunal” means the tribunal constituted in accordance with section 59(2) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2002/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:52:12.815015+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."
}