Friendly Societies Act 1992

[F1 Construction of references to shares held by society or group U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 13E inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Friendly Societies Act 1992 (International Accounting Standards and Other Accounting Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2211), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 6

19. (1) References in this Part of this Schedule to shares held by the society or the group shall be construed as follows. U.K.

(2) For the purposes of paragraphs 10, 12(4) and (5) and 13 to 15—

(a) shares held on behalf of a society by any person are treated as if they were held by the society; but

(b) shares held on behalf of a person other than the society are not treated as if they were held by the society.

(3) References to shares held by the group are to any shares held by or on behalf of the society or any of its subsidiary undertakings; but shares held on behalf of a person other than the society or any of its subsidiary undertakings are not treated as if they were held by the group.

(4) Shares held by way of security are treated as if they were held by the person providing the security—

(a) where apart from the right to exercise them for the purpose of preserving the value of the security, or of realising it, the rights attached to the shares are exercisable only in accordance with his instructions; or

(b) where the shares are held in connection with the granting of loans as part of normal business activities and apart from the right to exercise them for the purpose of preserving the value of security, or of realising it, the rights attached to the shares are exercisable only in his interests.]