The Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 1985

Miscellaneous and general N.I.

Regulations and orders N.I.

78.—(1) Regulations may—

(a) make provision with respect to registration and procedure under this Order and prescribe the forms to be used for such registration and procedure;

(b) make provision with respect to the functions of the registrar under this Order;

(c) provide for the inspection, and furnishing of copies, of documents in the custody of the registrar under this Order;

(d) prescribe the scale of fees to be paid for the inspection, or the furnishing of copies, of documents in the custody of the registrar or in connection with the exercise by the registrar of any of his functions under this Order.

(2) Regulations under this Article may provide that persons contravening the regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding an amount specified in the regulations.

(3) The amount which may be specified in regulations as mentioned in paragraph (2) shall not exceed level 4 on the standard scale.

[F1 Incidental, transitional, etc. provision N.I.

78A   An order under any of the following may contain such incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provision as the Department considers appropriate—

(a) Article 14A(7) (alteration of maximum proportion of corporate members);

(b) Article 23A(4) (alteration of threshold amount required for credit union to issue or retain interest-bearing shares);

(c) Article 28(1B) (alteration of maximum proportion of loan book which may be made to corporate members).]

F1 Art. 78A inserted (23.4.2016) by Credit Unions and Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (NorthernIreland) 2016 (c. 16), s. 17, Sch. 1 para. 44

Fees N.I.

79.  Any fees received by the registrar by virtue of this Order shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Form, deposit and evidence of documents N.I.

80.—(1) Without prejudice to Article 49(2)(a) and (b) and subject to any regulations made under this Order, every return and other document required for the purposes of this Order—

(a) shall be made in such form, and

(b) shall contain such particulars, and

(c) shall be deposited and registered or recorded, with or without observations on the return or other document, in such manner,

as the registrar may direct.

(2) Every document purporting to be signed by the registrar, including in particular any document purporting to be a copy or extract of a credit union's rules or of any other instrument or document whatsoever, and every document purporting to be signed by any inspector under this Order shall, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, be received in evidence without proof of the signature.

Annual reports by registrar N.I.

81.  The registrar shall each year make a report to the Head of the Department of his proceedings under this Order and the Head of the Department shall lay the report before the Assembly.

Great Britain credit unions N.I.

82.—(1) Regulations may make provision for giving effect to any arrangements made under section 32(1) of the [1979 c. 34] Credit Unions Act 1979, and such regulations may in particular—

(a) confer rights and obligations (appropriate to credit unions) under this Order on Great Britain credit unions in such circumstances as may be specified in the regulations;

(b) confer functions on the registrar in relation to Great Britain credit unions; and

(c) make such modifications of this Order and the [S.R. & O. 1922 No. 184] Government of Ireland (Companies, Societies, etc.) Order 1922 as appear to the Department to give effect to the arrangements.

(2) In this Article “Great Britain credit union” means a society which is registered as a credit union under the law for the time being in force in Great Britain for purposes corresponding to those of this Order and which carries on or intends to carry on business in Northern Ireland.

Savings, amendments and repeals N.I.

83.—(1) The savings in Schedule 4 shall have effect.

• Para. (2)—Amendments

• Para. (3)—Repeals