The Registry of Friendly Societies

6 Report of the Chief Registrar and publication of information relating to friendly societies.

1

The Chief Registrar shall every year make a report—

a

of his proceedings and of those of the assistant registrars;

b

of the principal matters transacted by him and them; and

c

of the valuations returned to the registrar during the year preceding;

and that report shall be laid before Parliament.

2

The central office shall, with the approval of the Treasury, collect from the returns under this Act and from other sources and publish and circulate, either generally or in any particular district, or otherwise make known, such information on the subject of statistics of life and sickness and the application thereof to the business of friendly societies, such particulars of their returns and valuations and such other information useful to the members of, or to persons interested in, societies registered or capable of being registered under this Act, as the Chief Registrar may think fit.