Rules and membership

5AF1Corporate members

1

A credit union may admit bodies corporate as members if its rules so provide.

2

The number of corporate members of a credit union shall not at any time exceed ten per cent of the total number of members of the credit union or such higher percentage as may be specified.

3

The number of shares allotted to corporate members of a credit union shall not at any time exceed twenty-five per cent of the total shares allotted to all members of the credit union or such higher percentage as may be specified.

4

For the purpose of subsection (3) above, the total shares allotted to all members of the credit union shall be that found in the most recent year-end balance sheet submitted to the F2appropriate authority.

5

In this section—

a

“specified” means specified by order made by the Treasury;

b

“shares” means shares other than deferred shares.

6

In this Act “corporate member”, in relation to a credit union, means—

a

a body corporate which is a member of the credit union;

b

an individual who is a member of the credit union in his capacity as a partner in a partnership; or

c

an individual who is a member of the credit union in his capacity as an officer or member of the governing body of an unincorporated association.