{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-auditors-order-1994/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-auditors-order-1994/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/132",
  "legislation_title": "The Friendly Societies (Auditors) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-auditors-order-1994",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Friendly Societies Act 1992;\n“auditor” means an auditor of a society;\n“relevant information” has the meaning given by section 79(10) of the Act;\n“society” means a friendly society; and\n“the Commission” means the Friendly Societies Commission.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "modified (temp.)",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/1669",
      "affecting_title": "The Financial Institutions (Prudential Supervision) Regulations 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/132/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:42:35.094194+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."
}