Miscellaneous
F14P1104 Fees.
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The Treasury may make regulations determining a scale of fees to be paid for matters to be transacted or for the inspection of documents under this Act F15or the Friendly Societies (Long Term Insurance Business) Regulations 1987.
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The Treasury may by order provide that on the registration of, or of any amendment of the rules of, a society of any description specified in paragraphs (a) to (e) of section 7(1) above, fees may be charged in accordance with a scale determined by the Treasury under subsection (1) above, but, except in so far as an order so provides, no fees shall be payable on the registration of, or of any amendment of the rules of, any such society.
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The power to make an order under subsection (2) above includes power to vary or revoke such an order by a further order so made.
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Any power to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, and a statutory instrument made in the exercise of any such power shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
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All fees received by the Chief or an assistant registrar under or by virtue of this Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
104AF1 Fees for inspection or copying of documents.
Before the F17FCA allows any person to inspect any document held by it in connection with this Act, or provides any person with a copy of any such document (or part of such document), it may charge that person a reasonable fee.
105 Exemptions from stamp duty.
Stamp duty shall not be chargeable upon any of the following documents, that is to say—
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b
a policy of insurance or appointment or revocation of appointment of an agent or other document required or authorised by this Act or by the rules of a registered society or branch.
105AF16Exemption from stamp duty land tax
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A land transaction effected by or in consequence of—
a
an amalgamation together of two or more registered societies under section 82; or
b
a transfer of engagements under that section,
is exempt from charge for the purposes of stamp duty land tax.
2
Relief under this section must be claimed in a land transaction return or an amendment of such a return.
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In this section—
“land transaction” has the meaning given by section 43(1) of the Finance Act 2003;
“land transaction return” has the meaning given by section 76(1) of that Act.
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107 Provision as to information supplied for purposes of national insurance and social security.
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Subject to any exceptions or conditions prescribed by regulations of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall at the request of any person claiming benefit from a registered friendly society or branch provide the society or branch for the purposes of the claim with a copy or abstract of any medical certificate relating to that person and supplied by him to the Secretary of State for purposes of the enactment relating to F4. . . social security.
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Where the Secretary of State furnishes a registered friendly society or branch, in connection with a claim for benefit from the society or branch, with information relating to a claim or award under those enactments, the expenses incurred in connection therewith by the Secretary of State or any other Government Department shall be treated as expenses in carrying those enactments into effect.
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In the application of this section to Northern Ireland, references to the Secretary of State shall be construed as references to the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland.
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108 Protection for members of registered societies joining the forces.
Anyprovision in the rules of a registered society or branch which purports to deprive persons of membership of the society or branch or of any interest therein by reason of their service in any of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown . . . shall be of no effect, and no person shall be fined for failure to attend any meeting of the society or branch or otherwise to comply with the rules thereof if the failure was due to his or her service as mentioned in this subsection.
109Regulations.
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The Treasury may make regulations with respect to—
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b
the seal to be used F7by the F18FCA for the registration of any society or document (including any amendment to any document) under this Act, the F22Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, the Building Societies Act 1986, or the Friendly Societies Act 1992, or otherwise for sealing any document for the purposes of this Act or any of those Acts;
d
the inspection of documents kept by the F18FCA under this Act;
and generally for carrying this Act into effect.
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Any power of the Treasury, F9or the Secretary of State to make regulations under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument and a statutory instrument made in the exercise of any such power, other than an instrument containing only regulations under section F10. . . 42 above, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
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110 Evidence and deposit of documents.
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Any document bearing the seal or stamp of the F20FCA shall be received in evidence without further proof.
F122
Any document purporting to have been signed by a person authorised to do so on behalf of the F21FCA or the PRA, and every document purporting to be signed by any inspector or public valuer under this Act, shall, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, be received in evidence without proof of the signature.
F122A
In subsections (1) and (2), “document” means any document issued, received or created by the F21FCA or the PRA (or, as the case may be, by any inspector or public valuer under this Act) for the purposes of or in connection with this Act.