Industrial and Provident Societies (Forms and Procedure) Regulations 1996
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1996/3121 |
| Year | 1996 |
1996 No. 3121
INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES
The Industrial and Provident Societies (Forms and Procedure) Regulations 1996
Made 11th December 1996
Laid before Parliament 11th December 1996
Coming into force 1st January 1997
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 2(3), 10(3), and 71(1) of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 19651, sections 1(2),(3) and (4), 4(1) and (3), 5(1) and 7 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 19672, sections 24(3) and 47(5) of the Insurance Companies Act 19823and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation and Commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Industrial and Provident Societies (Forms and Procedure) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1 January 1997.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the 1965 Act” means the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965;
“the 1967 Act” means the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1967;
“the 1969 Act” means the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 19694;
“Society” means a society registered or deemed to be registered under the 1965 Act;
“Northern Ireland registrar” means the registrar as defined by section 101(1) of the 1969 Act;
“Northern Ireland society” means a society registered or deemed to be registered under the 1969 Act.
Forms under the 1965 Act
3.—(1) The forms listed in the first column of the table below and set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations are the prescribed forms for the purposes of the sections of the 1965 Act listed in the second column of the table below:
Form R/IP/RA2 |
Section 2(3) (acknowledgement of registration of a society) |
Form R/IP/RA2S |
Section 2(3) (acknowledgement of registration of society) (Scotland) |
Form R/IP/RA7 |
Section 10(3) (acknowledgement of registration of amendment of rules) |
Form R/IP/RA7S |
Section 10(3) (acknowledgement of registration of amendments of rules) (Scotland) |
Form R/IP/RA4 |
Section 10(3) (acknowledgement of registration of change in situation of registered office) |
Form R/IP/RA4S |
Section 10(3) (acknowledgement of registration of change in situation of a registered office) (Scotland) |
Forms under the 1967 Act
4. The forms listed in the first column of the table below and set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations are the prescribed forms for the purposes of the sections of the 1967 Act listed in the second column of the table below:
Form R/IP/RA9 |
Section 1(3) (acknowledgement of application for recording of a charge) |
Form R/IP/RA9S |
Section 4(1) (acknowledgement of delivery of copy of an instrument creating a floating charge) (Scotland) |
Procedure under the 1965 Act
5.—(1) Every application under section 8(2) of the 1965 Act to record rules, or an amendment of rules, of a registered society in another area, shall be accompanied by two copies of the rules or amendment of rules under the seal or signature of the appropriate registrar for the area where the registration of the rules or amendment took place.
(2) Every application under section 76 of the 1965 Act to record rules, or an amendment of rules, of a Northern Ireland society, shall be accompanied by two copies of the rules or amendment of rules under the signature of the Northern Ireland registrar.
6. Every application under section 10 of the 1965 Act to register an amendment of the rules of a registered society shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration of an officer of the society that the amendment now submitted for registration has been duly made by the society in accordance with its rules.
7.—(1) Every application under section 50(4) of the 1965 Act to register a special resolution of a registered society for its amalgamation with one or more other registered societies shall be accompanied by two copies of the application and a statutory declaration of an officer of the society that in passing the special resolution for which application for registration is made the provisions of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 have been complied with. Such a special resolution in like terms has been made by the other amalgamating society or societies.
(2) Every application under section 50(4) of the 1965 Act to register a special resolution of a registered society for the transfer of its engagements to another registered society shall be accompanied by two copies of the application. Such application shall also be accompanied by statutory declarations of an officer of each of the proposed transferor society and of the proposed transferee society. The statutory declaration of the officer of the proposed transferor society shall be to the effect that in passing the special resolution for which application for registration is now made the provisions of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 have been complied with. The statutory declaration of the officer of the proposed transferee society shall be to the effect that the society has undertaken to fulfil the engagements of the proposed transferor society.
8.—(1) Every application under section 50(4) of the 1965 Act to register a special resolution of a registered society for its conversion into a company shall be accompanied by four copies of the application and a statutory declaration of an officer of the society that in passing the...
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