9U.K.In this Part of this Schedule—
“the 1992 Act” means the M1Friendly Societies Act 1992; and
“section 13” means section 13 of that Act.
Marginal Citations
10(1)Subsections (2) to (5) of section 13 (incorporated friendly societies allowed to form or acquire control or joint control only of qualifying bodies) cease to have effect.U.K.
(2)As a result, omit—
(a)subsections (8) and (11) of that section, and
(b)Schedule 7 to the 1992 Act (activities which may be carried on by a subsidiary of, or body jointly controlled by, an incorporated friendly society).
11U.K.In section 13(9) (defined terms), after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa)an incorporated friendly society also has control of a body corporate if the body corporate is itself a body controlled in one of the ways mentioned in paragraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii) by a body corporate of which the society has control;”.
12U.K.In section 13(9), after paragraph (c) insert—
“(cc)an incorporated friendly society also has joint control of a body corporate if—
(i)a subsidiary of the society has joint control of the body corporate in a way mentioned in paragraph (c)(i), (ii) or (iii);
(ii)a body corporate of which the society has joint control has joint control of the body corporate in such a way; or
(iii)the body corporate is controlled in a way mentioned in paragraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii) by a body corporate of which the society has joint control;”.
13U.K.In section 13(9), in the words following paragraph (d), after “paragraph (c)” insert “ or (cc) ”.
14(1)Schedule 8 to the 1992 Act (provisions supplementing section 13) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)Omit paragraph 3(2).
(3)After paragraph 3 insert—
“3A(1)A body is to be treated for the purposes of section 13(9) as having the right to appoint to a directorship if—
(a)a person’s appointment to the directorship follows necessarily from his appointment as an officer of that body; or
(b)the directorship is held by the body itself.
(2)A body (“B”) and some other person (“P”) together are to be treated, for the purposes of section 13(9), as having the right to appoint to a directorship if—
(a)P is a body corporate which has directors and a person’s appointment to the directorship follows necessarily from his appointment both as an officer of B and a director of P;
(b)P is a body corporate which does not have directors and a person’s appointment to the directorship follows necessarily from his appointment both as an officer of B and as a member of P’s managing body; or
(c)the directorship is held jointly by B and P.
(3)For the purposes of section 13(9), a right to appoint (or remove) which is exercisable only with the consent or agreement of another person must be left out of account unless no other person has a right to appoint (or remove) in relation to that directorship.
(4)Nothing in this paragraph is to be read as restricting the effect of section 13(9).”
(4)In paragraph 9 (exercise of certain rights under instruction by, or in the interests of, incorporated friendly society) insert at the end “ or in the interests of any body over which the society has joint control ”.
15(1)Section 52 of the 1992 Act is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (2), omit paragraph (d).
(3)In subsection (3), for “(4) below” substitute “ (2) ”.
(4)For subsection (4) substitute—
“(4)A court may not make an order under subsection (5) unless it is satisfied that one or more of the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) are satisfied.”
(5)In subsection (5), omit the words from “or, where” to the end.
16U.K.References in any provision of, or made under, any enactment to subsidiaries of, or bodies jointly controlled by, an incorporated friendly society are to be read as including references to bodies which are such subsidiaries or bodies as a result of any provision of this Part of this Schedule.