{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-life-assurance-premium-relief-regulations-1977/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-life-assurance-premium-relief-regulations-1977/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1977/1143",
  "legislation_title": "The Friendly Societies (Life Assurance Premium Relief) Regulations 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-life-assurance-premium-relief-regulations-1977",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“friendly society” means a friendly society, not being a collecting society, registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1974 or a branch so registered under that Act of a friendly society so registered;\n“collecting society” has the meaning assigned by section 1 of the Industrial Assurance Act 1923 as amended by Schedule 6 to the Companies Act 1967;\n“friendly society contract” means a contract made by a friendly society with a member of the society in the course of its business in Great Britain, whether contained in the rules of the society or not;\n“the prescribed scheme” means the scheme prescribed in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;\n“an approved scheme” means a special scheme approved by the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies in the circumstances provided for in regulation 7 of these Regulations;\n“actuary” means an actuary having the qualifications which are prescribed by the Friendly Societies (Qualifications of Actuaries) Regulations 1968;\n“net contribution” has the meaning assigned in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations;\n“gross contribution” means the contribution of the amount payable under the contract;\n“parent” includes a stepfather or stepmother.\n(2) The rules for the construction of Acts of Parliament contained in the Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1978/1160",
      "affecting_title": "The Friendly Societies (Life Assurance Premium Relief) (Amendment) Regulations 1978"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/1143/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:56:14.286809+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."
}