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FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 104

1979 NI 13

104.(1) The Ministry may make reciprocal arrangements with the Treasury with a
view to securing that, on and after such day as the Ministry may by
regulations appoint,

(a)the law applicable in Northern Ireland to societies registered there may be
applied, in such cases and subject to such modifications as may be provided in
the arrangements, to societies registered at the central office in England of
the registry of friendly societies or by the assistant registrar for Scotland;

(b)the law applicable in England and Wales, the Channel Islands or the Isle of
Man to societies registered at the central office in England of the registry
of friendly societies and the law applicable in Scotland to societies
registered by the assistant registrar for Scotland may be applied, in such
cases and subject to such modification as may be provided in the arrangements,
to societies registered in Northern Ireland.

(2) Commencement

(3) The Ministry may make regulations for giving effect in Northern Ireland to
any arrangements made under subsection (1) and such regulations may in
particular

(a)confer rights and obligations appropriate to registered societies on
registered Great Britain societies in such circumstances as may be specified
in the regulations;

(b)confer functions on the registrar in relation to
registered Great Britain societies;

(c)make such modifications of the provisions of this Act and the Government of
Ireland (Companies, Societies etc.) Order 1922 as appear to the Ministry to be
expedient to give effect to the arrangements.

(4) Until such date as is appointed by regulations made under this section,
nothing in section 105(5) and Schedule 10 shall affect the operation in
Northern Ireland of section 14 of the Act of 1896 in relation to
registered Great Britain societies and for this purpose the reference in that
section to that Act shall be deemed to be a reference to this Act.

(5) In this section "registered Great Britain societies" means societies which
are registered in Great Britain for purposes corresponding to those of
this Act.


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