The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015

Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c.40)E+W

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7.—(1) The Friendly Societies Act 1992 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 62 (powers to obtain information and documents etc), in subsection (9)(b) for “one tenth of that level” substitute “one-tenth of the greater of £5,000 or level 4 on the standard scale”.

(3) In section 78 (laying and furnishing of accounts and reports), in subsection (5)(b) for “one-tenth of that level” substitute “one-tenth of the greater of £5,000 or level 4 on the standard scale”.

(4) In Schedule 14 (auditors: appointment, tenure, qualifications and remuneration)—

(a)in paragraph 8(3)(b), for “one-tenth of the statutory maximum” substitute “one-tenth of the greater of £5,000 or the amount corresponding to level 4 on the standard scale for summary offences”;

(b)in paragraph 9(5), for “one-tenth of that level” substitute “one-tenth of the greater of £5,000 or level 4 on the standard scale”;

(c)in paragraph 12(5)(b), for “one-tenth of the statutory maximum” substitute “one-tenth of the greater of £5,000 or the amount corresponding to level 4 on the standard scale for summary offences”;

(d)in paragraph 15(2)(b), for “one-tenth of the statutory maximum” substitute “one-tenth of the greater of £5,000 or the amount corresponding to level 4 on the standard scale for summary offences”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 3 para. 7 in force at 12.3.2015, see reg. 1(1)