Friendly Societies Act 1992

14 (1) Every incorporated friendly society shall maintain a register of the names and addresses of the members of the society. U.K.

[F1 (1A) 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 sub-paragraph (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 or at such other place or places as the committee of management thinks fit.

(3) A society which was previously a registered friendly society need not enter in the register the address of a member who became a member before its incorporation while it has no address for him and his whereabouts are unknown.

(4) Where it appears to an incorporated friendly society that the registered address shown in the register for a member is no longer current, the society—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.

[F2 (4A) Where it appears to an incorporated friendly society that an electronic address shown on the register pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) is no longer current, the society may remove that address from the register.]

(5) If an incorporated friendly society contravenes sub-paragraph (1) above, the society shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(6) For the purposes of this Act “registered address”, in relation to a member of an incorporated friendly society, means—

(a) the [F3 postal] address shown in the register mentioned under this paragraph, except in a case where paragraph (b) below applies;

(b) where the member has requested that communications from the society be sent to some other address [F4 (not being an electronic address)], that other address.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 para. 14(1A) inserted (12.4.2011) by The Mutual Societies (Electronic Communications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/593), arts. 1(1), 11(2)(a)

F2 Sch. 3 para. 14(4A) inserted (12.4.2011) by The Mutual Societies (Electronic Communications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/593), arts. 1(1), 11(2)(b)

F3 Word in Sch. 3 para. 14(6)(a) inserted (12.4.2011) by The Mutual Societies (Electronic Communications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/593), arts. 1(1), 11(2)(c)

F4 Words in Sch. 3 para. 14(6)(b) inserted (12.4.2011) by The Mutual Societies (Electronic Communications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/593), arts. 1(1), 11(2)(d)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 14 wholly in force; Sch. 3 para. 14 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 126(2); Sch. 3 para. 14 in force at 1.2.1993 by S.I. 1993/16, art. 2, Sch. 3