Membership and rights of members
F163ARegister of members of registered friendly societies.
1
Every registered friendly society shall maintain a register of the names and addresses of the members of the society.
F21A
Where a member has notified to the society an electronic address for the purpose of receiving notices or documents under this Act, the requirement under subsection (1) includes a requirement to secure that the register shows—
a
that electronic address; and
b
the purposes for which it has been notified.
2
The register shall be kept at the registered office of the society or at such other place or places as the committee of management thinks fit.
3
A society need not enter in the register the address of a member who became a member before the commencement of this section while it has no address for him and his whereabouts are unknown.
4
Where it appears to a society that the address shown in the register for a member is no longer current, the society—
a
may remove that address from the register; and
b
need not enter in the register an address for that member while it has no address for him and his whereabouts are unknown.
F34A
Where it appears to a society that an electronic address shown on the register pursuant to subsection (1) is no longer current, the society may remove that address from the register.
5
If a society contravenes subsection (1) above, it shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
F46
In this section, “electronic address” has the meaning it has in the 1992 Act.