The Friendly Societies Act 1992 (Commencement No. 5 and Savings) Order 1993

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Friendly Societies Act 1992 (CommencementNo. 5 and Savings) Order 1993.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1974 Act” means the Friendly Societies Act 1974(1);

“the 1992 Act” means the Friendly Societies Act 1992;

“central office” has the meaning given to that term in section 119(1) of the 1992 Act;

“Chief Registrar” means the Chief Registrar of friendly societies;

“collecting society” has the meaning given to that term in section 1(1A) of the Industrial Assurance Act 1923(2);

“Commission” means the Friendly Societies Commission established undersection 1 of the 1992 Act;

“Commissioner” means the Industrial Assurance Commissioner.

Days appointed

2.—(1) The provisions of the 1992 Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order (which relate to the matters mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule) shall come into force for the purposes specified in column 3 of the Schedule on 28 April 1993.

(2) The provisions of the 1992 Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order (which relate to the matters mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule) shall come into force on 28 April 1993 for all remaining purposes(3).

(3) The provisions of the 1992 Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 to this Order (which relate to the matters mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule) shall come into force generally on 28 April 1993.

Savings

3.  Notwithstanding the substitution by paragraph 11 of Schedule 19 to the 1992 Act of “the relevant authority” for “the Commissioner” in subsection (1) of section 39 of the Industrial Assurance Act 1923, it shall remain an offence under section 39(1) of the Industrial Assurance Act 1923 for a collecting society to contravene or fail to comply with any direction by the Commissioner.

Nicholas Baker

Tim Kirkhope

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

22nd April 1993