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31Members under 18E+W+S

(1)A person under the age of 18 may be a member of a registered society unless the society's registered rules provide otherwise.

(2)A person under the age of 18—

(a)may enjoy all the rights of a member of a registered society, and

(b)if aged 16 or over, may execute all instruments and give all receipts necessary to be executed or given under a society's registered rules.

This is subject to the society's registered rules and to the provisions of this Act.

(3)A person under the age of 16 may not be a member of a registered society's committee or a trustee, manager or treasurer of a registered society.

32Bodies corporate may be membersE+W+S

Shares in a registered society may be held by any other body corporate (if that body's regulations so permit) by its corporate name.

33Society a member of another society: references to members making and signing documents etcE+W+S

(1)This section applies where a registered society (“society A”) is a member of another registered society (“society B”).

(2)For the purposes of any enactment relating to a registered society's members making or signing an application, instrument or document, any reference in the enactment to a member is to be read, in relation to society A as a member of society B, as a reference to 2 members of society A's committee and its secretary.

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