The Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002

[F1 Application of Order to registered societies N.I.

25A.— [F2 (1) This Order applies to registered societies within the meaning of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (“the 1969 Act”) as it applies to companies.]

(2) In its application to registered societies, this Order shall have effect as follows—

(a) references in this Order to a company, or to a director or an officer of a company shall include, respectively, references to a registered society or to a member of the committee of management or officer, within the meaning of the [F3 the 1969 Act], of a registered society;

(b) in Article 5(1) “striking off of a company” shall include the cancellation of the registration of a registered society under that Act;

(c) in [F4 Article 6(3ZA)(a)] “the companies legislation” shall include that Act;

F5 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) references to the registrar shall have effect as references to the registrar as defined in section 101(1) of that Act;

(f) references to a shadow director shall be omitted.

[F6 (g) Articles 9(1)(a)(ii), 10(2)(b) and (5A) [F7 , 11A to 11E and 15A] are to be omitted;

(h) the reference in Article 19A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent is to be omitted.]

F8 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

F1 Art. 25A inserted (1.7.2006) by Industrial and Provident Societies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/314 (N.I. 3)), arts. 1(3), 8; S.R. 2006/242, art. 2

F2 Art. 25A(1) substituted (6.4.2018) by Credit Unions and Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 16), s. 17(2), Sch. 1 para. 28(2); S.R. 2017/217, art. 2(d)

F3 Words in art. 25A(2)(a) substituted (6.4.2018) by Credit Unions and Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 16), s. 17(2), Sch. 1 para. 28(3); S.R. 2017/217, art. 2(d)

F4 Words in art. 25A(2)(c) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 32(3), 219(1)(2)(b)

F5 Art. 25A(2)(d) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 8 para. 9(19)(a); S.I. 2015/1689, reg. 2(h)

F6 Art. 25A(2)(g)(h) substituted for art. 25A(2)(g) (15.12.2021 for specified purposes, 15.2.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021 (c. 34), ss. 3(10), 4(4)(c)(5) (with s. 3(13))

F7 Words in art. 25A(2)(g) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 39(4), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z3)

F8 Art. 25A(3) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 8 para. 9(19)(c); S.I. 2015/1689, reg. 2(h)