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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-proxy-voting-regulations-2011/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/883",
  "legislation_title": "The Friendly Societies (Proxy Voting) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-proxy-voting-regulations-2011",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, which are made under paragraph 7(6) of Schedule 12 to the Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c.40), prescribe the procedure to be adopted by friendly societies and members for voting by proxy on any resolution which is to be moved as a special resolution at any meeting of a society other than a meeting of delegates.\nRegulation 2 limits the applications of the Friendly Societies (Proxy Voting) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/2294) to meetings called before 12th April 2011 and revokes those regulations with effect from 1st October 2011.\nRegulation 3 makes provision in relation to the appointment of proxies in notices of meetings. Regulation 4 permits forms to be sent by societies to their members by email, or to be accessed by members on a website. Regulation 5 sets out how and by when proxy forms should be returned to a society and allows the use of an online facility for the appointment and return of proxies. Regulation 6 sets out when a proxy may speak at meetings and provides for the validity of votes cast by proxies of members in certain specific situations.\nAn impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business is available from the Mutuals Team, HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on legislation.gov.uk.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/883/note",
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  "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."
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