Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 184
Industrial And Provident Societies
Credit Unions
The Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions (Electronic Communications) Order 2014
Made
30th January 2014
Laid before Parliament
3rd February 2014
Coming into force
6th April 2014
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8 and 9 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000( 1 ), make the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions (Electronic Communications) Order 2014 and comes into force on 6th April 2014.
Electronic submission of registration documents
2. In section 2 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965( 2 ) (registration of society) after subsection (2) insert—
“ (2A) In the case of an application for registration of a society which is made by electronic means, the reference in subsection (1)(b) or (2) to two copies of the society’s rules is to be read as being to a single copy of those rules. ” .
Stephen Crabb
Sam Gyimah
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
30th January 2014
1965 c. 12 . Section 2 was amended by S.I. 1996/1738 , 2001/2617 ; 2001/3649 ; 2011/593 and 2013/496 .