- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Imprisonment 15 of 161 obligations carry a fine up to £1,000. 28 carry different penalties and 118 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Plus 32 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
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Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Financial Services Firm — also bound by 167 other Acts
Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts
Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts
Employee — also bound by 189 other Acts
Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts
What it requires
Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
Functions of the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority
3 of 4 sections shownOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- FCA and PRA must regulate friendly societies and ensure complianceStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Commission must keep proper accounts and send audited statements to Treasury and NAOStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Friendly Societies Commission must report annually to Treasury and ParliamentStatutory regulator
1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
Incorporated Friendly Societies
9 of 22 sections shown- Your society's rules bind all members, officers, and claimantsAny Person
- Obtain special resolution before including subsidiary formation powers in memorandumFinancial Services Firm
- Invest funds only in permitted categories and maintain solvency margin for extra powersFinancial Services Firm
- Fail to provide benefit terms to membersAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
- Fail to notify FCA of society dissolution or terminationAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
- Fail to send winding-up resolution to regulatorsAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
- Carry on long term business of the society during winding upDirector or Officer
- Fail to provide court order to FCA and PRA within 7 daysAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- FCA must cancel or may cancel society registrationStatutory regulator
13 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Management and Administration
3 of 4 sections shown- Maintain a committee of management with at least 2 membersFinancial Services Firm
- Appoint a chief executive and secretary for your friendly societyFinancial Services Firm
- Fail to notify FCA of officer changesAny Person
Fine up to £2,500
1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
Authorisation of Friendly Societies’ Business
1 of 14 sections shown- Do not combine long-term and general business if income or rules triggers applyFinancial Services Firm
13 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Regulation of Friendly Societies’ Business
10 of 38 sections shown- Accept new members after being bannedAny Person
Unlimited fine
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- FCA and PRA can apply to court to wind up or direct non-compliant friendly societiesStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- FCA or PRA may direct friendly society to fix disproportionate subsidiary activitiesStatutory regulator
- Intentionally destroy or conceal documents required for tribunal appealAny Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- High Court must hear appeals on points of law from tribunal decisionsTribunal / Court
- Fail to provide information or documents when required by FCA or PRAAny Person
Unlimited fine
- Fail to cooperate with FCA/PRA investigationEmployee
- Cooperate with inspectors during a statutory investigationEmployee
- Disclose confidential society information without consentEmployee
- Disclose restricted information without consentAny Person
28 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Accounts and Audit
23 of 30 sections shown- Keep proper accounting records and preserve them for 6 yearsFinancial Services Firm
- Prepare annual individual accounts for your friendly society or registered branchFinancial Services Firm
- Prepare annual accounts showing true and fair viewAny Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Treasury must set rules for friendly society accountsCrown / Minister / Government department
- State in notes that IAS accounts follow UK-adopted standardsFinancial Services Firm
- Prepare group accounts if you have subsidiariesFinancial Services Firm
- Prepare group accounts giving a true and fair viewFinancial Services Firm
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Treasury must set rules for friendly society group accountsCrown / Minister / Government department
- Your IAS group accounts notes must state they were prepared under UK-adopted standardsFinancial Services Firm
- Use the same financial reporting framework for group accountsFinancial Services Firm
- Fail to disclose personal financial information for annual accountsAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
- Disclose related undertakings in annual accounts notesFinancial Services Firm
- Disclose off-balance-sheet arrangements in annual accountsFinancial Services Firm
- Disclose auditor remuneration in annual accounts notesFinancial Services Firm
- Failing to include required information in the annual reportAny Person
Unlimited fine
- Appoint auditors at each annual general meetingFinancial Services Firm
- Auditor must make a written report to members with prescribed content and opinionsFinancial Services Firm
- Auditor must sign and date report with all names statedAny Person
- Fail to include auditor’s name in report copiesDirector or Officer
Fine up to £1,000
- Give false information to the auditorDirector or Officer
- Approve non-compliant annual accountsAny Person
Unlimited fine
- Fail to annex appointed actuary statement to balance sheetAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
- Fail to file annual accounts with FCA and PRAAny Person
Unlimited fine
7 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Disputes
1 of 5 sections shown- Do not prevent members from using arbitration instead of complaintsFinancial Services Firm
4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Amalgamations, Transfers of Engagements and Conversion of Friendly Societies into Companies
5 of 9 sections shown- Amalgamate friendly societies by establishing an incorporated successorAny Person
- Make false or misleading statements to the actuaryDirector or Officer
- If directed by regulator, furnish actuary's report on transfer of long term businessFinancial Services Firm
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- PRA must follow strict process before altering friendly society transfer rulesStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Regulator must follow notification and representation process before directing transferStatutory regulator
4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Miscellaneous
0 of 9 sections shown9 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
General and Supplementary
3 of 30 sections shown- Claim stamp duty land tax relief for friendly society amalgamations or transfersFinancial Services Firm
- Fail to keep proper recordsAny Person
Fine up to £2,500
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- FCA and PRA must consult before issuing document directionsStatutory regulator
27 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Schedules
103 of 439 shownOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Commission must pay part-time members fees and allowances as determined by TreasuryStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Commission must arrange pensions for part-time members if Treasury directsCrown / Minister / Government department
- Display society's name on all business documents and websitesFinancial Services Firm
- Fail to properly use society's legal name on documentsDirector or Officer
Fine up to £1,000
- Fail to notify FCA of change of registered officeAny Person
Fine up to £2,500
- Fail to provide copies of statutory documents on demandAny Person
Fine up to £2,500
- Fail to maintain members’ registerAny Person
Fine up to £2,500
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- FCA must retain, return and file friendly society registration documentsStatutory regulator
- Include required details in your society's memorandum at registrationFinancial Services Firm
- Your society's rules must cover all required governance mattersFinancial Services Firm
- Fail to notify FCA of rule changes within 3 monthsAny Person
Fine up to £2,500
- Use 'Limited' or 'cyfyngedig' as the last word of your society's nameFinancial Services Firm
- Send branch property scheme to FCA for registration before incorporationTrader
- Carry over duties of the registered friendly society after incorporationFinancial Services Firm
- Reduce voting rights by shares the company holds in itselfFinancial Services Firm
- Treat nominee-held rights as belonging to the beneficial ownerAny Person
- Nominate beneficiaries for death benefits from your friendly societyFinancial Services Firm
- Pay nomination amounts to deceased member's nomineeAny Person
- Fail to notify regulators of winding-up orderAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- FCA must appoint investigators when a matter is referred by the prosecuting authorityStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- FCA must keep notices and documents in your public fileStatutory regulator
- Fail to notify regulators of winding-up orderAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- FCA must investigate officers of friendly societies referred by prosecuting authorityStatutory regulator
- Fail to notify voters of approved over-age committee candidateAny Person
Fine up to £2,500
- Fail to notify friendly society of retirement ageAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Co-opted committee members must stand for election within 16 monthsCrown / Minister / Government department
- Get member approval before paying committee members for loss of officeFinancial Services Firm
- Hold an annual general meeting each yearFinancial Services Firm
- Clearly label your annual general meeting as such in the noticeFinancial Services Firm
- Fail to hold annual general meeting (AGM)Any Person
Fine up to £2,500
- Follow special resolution procedure for friendly societiesFinancial Services Firm
- Prevent double voting in combined postal and electronic ballotsFinancial Services Firm
- Give members notice of special resolutions at least 14 days before meetingFinancial Services Firm
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Publish and notify regulatory directionStatutory regulator
- Submit application proposals, forecasts, and required information to the CommissionAny Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Commission must notify and hear society before refusing authorisationStatutory regulator
- Provide false or misleading information in an applicationAny Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Central Office must file authorisation terms on society's public fileStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Commission must notify society and officers of proposed conditions and consider representationsStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Commission must notify and hear representations before imposing stricter conditionsStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Regulator must serve conditions notices within 14 days of tribunal decisionStatutory regulator
- Disclose restricted loans and transactions with directors in annual accountsDirector or Officer
- Disclose employee numbers and staff costs in annual accountsDirector or Officer
- Disclose chairman and committee emoluments if total is £60,000 or moreFinancial Services Firm
- Disclose committee members' waived emoluments in annual accountsFinancial Services Firm
- Disclose aggregate pensions of committee members in accountsFinancial Services Firm
- Disclose total compensation paid to committee members for loss of officeFinancial Services Firm
- Disclose total third-party payments for committee member servicesEmployer
- Treat chief executive as committee member and note this in accountsAny Person
- Report details of subsidiary undertakings in annual accountsAny Person
- Disclose capital, reserves and profit/loss for each non-consolidated subsidiaryAny Person
- Disclose details of jointly controlled bodies in consolidated accountsAny Person
- Report significant holdings in non-subsidiary companiesAny Person
- Disclose details of shares held in other companiesFinancial Services Firm
- Disclose financial details of subsidiary bodies in your annual accountsFinancial Services Firm
- Disclose significant holdings in other companies in your group accountsDirector or Officer
- Disclose group company details in your accountsAny Person
- State capital, reserves, and profit/loss of subsidiaries in group accountsFinancial Services Firm
- Disclose details of shares held in subsidiary undertakingsAny Person
- Disclose subsidiary undertaking's capital, reserves and profit/loss in accountsAny Person
- State subsidiary's financial year-end date in disclosuresAny Person
- Disclose holdings in companies you significantly controlDirector or Officer
- Disclose shareholdings in other companies in your accountsEmployer
- Disclose capital and reserves of significant holdings in your accountsAny Person
- Disclose auditor remuneration and non-audit services in annual accountsFinancial Services Firm
- Auditor must supply information to directors for disclosureFinancial Services Firm
- Fail to notify regulator of auditor removalAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
- Follow special notice rules for auditor removal or replacementFinancial Services Firm
- Fail to notify regulators of auditor resignationAny Person
Unlimited fine
- Fail to convene meeting after auditor's resignation requisitionAny Person
Unlimited fine
- Deposit a statement when you cease to be auditorFinancial Services Firm
- Fail to comply with auditor resignation/removal rulesAny Person
Unlimited fine
- Notify the audit authority when you cease to be auditorFinancial Services Firm
- Notify audit authority when an auditor resigns or leaves earlyAny Person
- Fix auditor remuneration in general meeting or by committeeFinancial Services Firm
- Fail to notify regulator of no auditor appointedAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
- Act as ineligible auditor or fail to notify vacationAny Person
Unlimited fine
- Fail to comply with auditor direction or audit report requirementsAny Person
Unlimited fine
- Follow prescribed process before appointing an auditor when you have an audit committeeFinancial Services Firm
- Run a formal selection process before proposing a new auditorDirector or Officer
- Do not reappoint auditor or their network for 4 years after max engagementAny Person
- Fail to notify regulator of auditor appointment breachDirector or Officer
Fine up to £1,000
- Send members a statement before amalgamation or engagement transfer votesFinancial Services Firm
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Regulator must confirm amalgamation, transfer or conversion once defects are remediedStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- PRA must consult FCA before confirming amalgamationsStatutory regulator
- Fail to comply with requirements in amalgamation, transfer or conversionAny Person
Fine up to £2,500
- Prepare and obtain approval for statement on amalgamation or transferFinancial Services Firm
- Send conversion statement to all voting membersFinancial Services Firm
- Publish notice of amalgamation, transfer or conversion applicationFinancial Services Firm
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Appropriate authority must confirm or refuse amalgamation/transfer/conversion based on lawful abilityStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Appropriate authority must not confirm amalgamation/transfer/conversion unless members properly informedStatutory regulator
- Issue a valid receipt to legally clear a mortgageTrader
- Fail to maintain member registerAny Person
Fine up to £2,500
- Fail to provide benefit terms on demandAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Commission must notify dissolution award and ensure advertisement within 21 daysStatutory regulator
- Appoint and register trustees with the registrarTrader
- Pay periodical fees for investment business authorisationFinancial Services Firm
- Collectors must not serve as directors or attend meetingsTrader
- Transfer assured person without required consentDirector or Officer
- Collectors must not be directors or attend company meetingsTrader
- Do not transfer an assured person without their written consentTrader
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Courts must apply Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990 when determining applicable lawTribunal / Court
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Courts must follow the Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990 for insurance contractsTribunal / Court
336 other schedules
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