Friendly Societies Act 1992

10 (1) Every incorporated friendly society shall have its name mentioned in legible characters— U.K.

(a) in all its business letters, its notices and its other official publications;

(b) in all its bills of parcels, invoices, receipts and letters of credit; F1 ...

(c) in all bills of exchange, promissory notes, endorsements, cheques and orders for money or goods purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the society.

[F2 (d) in all its business correspondence and documentation that takes electronic form; and

(e) on all its websites.]

(2) Where the name of an incorporated friendly society does not include the words “friendly society", the fact that it is an incorporated friendly society shall be shown in legible characters in all documents such as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above.

[F3 (3) The reference in this paragraph to a society’s websites includes a reference to a section of another person’s website—

(a) which relates to the society; and

(b) which the society placed, or the placement of which the society authorised, on the other person’s website.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Sch. 3 para. 10(1) omitted (12.4.2011) by virtue of The Mutual Societies (Electronic Communications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/593), arts. 1(1), 9(a)

F2 Sch. 3 para. 10(1)(d)(e) inserted (12.4.2011) by The Mutual Societies (Electronic Communications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/593), arts. 1(1), 9(b)

F3 Sch. 3 para. 10(3) inserted (12.4.2011) by The Mutual Societies (Electronic Communications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/593), arts. 1(1), 9(c)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 10 wholly in force; Sch. 3 para. 10 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 126(2); Sch. 3 para. 10 in force at 1.2.1993 by S.I. 1993/16, art. 2, Sch. 3