Section 257JB | Meaning of “community benefit society” ^F1

(1)In this Part “community benefit society” means a body that—^F1

(a)is registered as a community benefit society under the 2014 Act,^F1

(b)is a pre-commencement society (within the meaning of the 2014 Act) that meets the condition in section 2(2)(a)(ii) of the 2014 Act, or^F1

(c)is a society registered, or treated as registered, under section 1 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 in the case of which the condition in section 1(2)(b) of that Act is fulfilled,^F1

and in respect of which the condition in subsection (2) is met.

(2)The condition is that—^F1

(a)the body is of a kind prescribed by regulation 5 of, and^F1

(b)the body's rules include a rule in the terms set out in Schedule 1 to,^F1

the Community Benefit Societies (Restriction on Use of Assets) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/264) or the Community Benefit Societies (Restriction on Use of Assets) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/258).

(3)The Treasury may by order amend this section for the purpose of—^F1

(a)replacing—^F1

(i)the condition in subsection (2), or^F1

(ii)the condition, or all or any of the conditions, for the time being replacing the condition in subsection (2),^F1

with one or more other conditions;

(b)varying—^F1

(i)the condition in subsection (2), or^F1

(ii)the condition, or any of the conditions, for the time being replacing the condition in subsection (2);^F1

(c)dispensing with—^F1

(i)the condition in subsection (2), or^F1

(ii)the condition, or all or any of the conditions, for the time being replacing the condition in subsection (2).^F1

(4)In this section—^F1

“the 2014 Act” means the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014;

“the 2010 Act” means the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010.

(5)While neither the 2014 Act, nor section 1 of the 2010 Act, is in force, subsection (1) of this section has effect as if for paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection there were substituted—^F1

(a)is a society registered, or treated as registered, under section 1 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 in the case of which the condition in section 1(2)(b) of that Act is fulfilled, or

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(6)If section 1 of the 2010 Act (registration of societies) comes into force before the 2014 Act comes into force then, with effect from the coming into force of that section and until the coming into force of the 2014 Act, subsection (1) of this section has effect as if for paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection there were substituted—^F1

(a)is registered as a community benefit society under section 1 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 (“the 1965 Act”),

(b)is a pre-2010 Act society (as defined by section 4A(1) of the 1965 Act) that meets the condition in section 1(3) of the 1965 Act, or

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(7)In the event that section 2 of the 2010 Act (renaming of the 1965 Act) is brought into force before its repeal by the 2014 Act takes effect then, with effect from the coming into force of that section, subsections (5) and (6) of this section have effect as if, in the provisions which they substitute, the references to the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 were references to the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 1965.^F1