{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-general-charge-and-fees-regulations-1993/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-general-charge-and-fees-regulations-1993/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/547",
  "legislation_title": "The Friendly Societies (General Charge and Fees) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-general-charge-and-fees-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations:\n“the 1974 Act” means the Friendly Societies Act 1974;\n“the 1992 Act” means the Friendly Societies Act 1992;\n“accounting year” means the period of 12 months beginning with 1st April;\n“the central office” means the central office as defined in section 119 of the 1992 Act;\n“operative date” means 1st April;\n“relevant year” means the period of 12 months ending with 31st December of a year preceding the year in which the accounting year begins;\n“society” means a society registered under the 1974 Act or a friendly society incorporated under the 1992 Act; and\n“transfer of engagements” means a transfer of engagements under section 86 of the 1992 Act or under section 82 of the 1974 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/547/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:03:00.633221+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."
}