Long title | An Act to make provision for societies to be registered as co-operative or community benefit societies and to re-name the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts; to apply to registered societies the provisions relating to directors disqualification and to make provision for the application of certain other enactments relating to companies; to confer power to make provision for credit unions corresponding to any provision applying to building societies; and for connected purposes. |
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Citation | 2010 c. 7 |
Introduced by | Lord Tomlinson and Malcolm Wicks |
Territorial extent | England and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland (only to amend existing legislation) |
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Royal assent | 18 March 2010 |
Commencement | Not yet in force |
Status: Current legislation
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Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Text of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk |
The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010 (c.7) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that received Royal Assent on 18 March 2010.
The Act provides that:
The Bill was first presented (first reading) in the House of Lords on 19 November 2009 and received its third reading on 14 January 2010. It was first read in the House of Commons on 14 January 2010 and received its third reading on 12 March 2010.