Version Superseded: 01/10/2009
Point in time view as at 01/01/1992. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Building Societies Act 1986, Section 110 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Subject to subsection (3) below, any provision to which this section applies, whether contained in the rules of a building society or in any contract with a building society or otherwise, shall be void.
(2)This section applies to any provision for—
(a)exempting any director, other officer or person employed as auditor of a building society from any liability which, by virtue of any rule of law, would otherwise attach to him in respect of the negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which he may be guilty in relation to the society, or
(b)indemnifying any such person against any such liability.
[F1(3)Subsection (1) above shall not prevent a building society from
(a)purchasing and maintaining for a person insurance against any such liability, or
(b)indemnifying a person against any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings (whether civil or criminal) in which judgment is given in his favour or he is acquitted.]
(4)Section 727 of the M1Companies Act 1985 or, as the case may be, Article 675 of the M2Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (which empower the court to grant relief in certain cases of negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust) shall apply in relation to officers and auditors of a building society as it applies in relation to officers and auditors a company.
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