Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 2678 (C. 103)
INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES
The Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2003
Made
16th October 2003
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 7 of the Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003( 1 ), hereby make the following Order:
Citation and interpretation
1. β(1) This Order may be cited as the Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2003.
(2) In this Order, βthe Actβ means the Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003.
Appointed days and application
2. β(1) The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 2 and 3 of the Act is 1st April 2004.
(2) The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 4 to 6 of the Act is 20th October 2003.
(3) Section 4 of the Act (purported contracts, deeds and obligations) shall only apply to contracts or deeds made, and obligations undertaken, on or after 20th October 2003.
Nick Ainger
Jim Murphy
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majestyβs Treasury
16th October 2003