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145.-(1) If a branch of a Society, within three months after a Disposal of resolution to expel the branch has been passed by a general meet- funds of exing of the Society, or within such longer period as the Commis- pelled sioners may, in any particular case, permit, has received an undertaking from another Society or branch of another Society to accept a transfer of its engagements under the principal Act or an undertaking by a Society to accept the branch as a branch of that other Society, or has by itself or together with any other Society or branch, complied with the conditions of approval requisite in the case of Approved Societies, the provisions of Article 142 of these Regulations relating to the secession of a branch of a Society shall apply as if the branch were a seceding branch.

(2) In any other case, subject to the branch providing to the Society transfer values and other sums in respect of loyal members calculated in the same manner as is provided in paragraph (2) of Article 142 of these Regulations in the case of a seceding branch and paying any costs and charges referred to in paragraph (3) of that Article which may be incurred, the provisions of Part IX. of these Regulations relating to the dissolution of a Society (including the relative provisions as to the Dissolved Societies Fund) shall, as far as may be, apply as if the branch which is being expelled were a dissolving Society.

Dissolution.

146. (1) The Committee of Management of a branch of a Procedure Society shall, before any proposal to dissolve the branch is sub- for mitted to the members of the branch, give notice in writing to the dissolution. Commissioners and to the Committee of Management of the Society of the proposal to dissolve, and, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained

(a) Where the rules of the Society lay down the procedure to be adopted with reference to the dissolution of a branch, that procedure shall be adopted, so however that in any case the branch shall hold a meeting at which the proposed dissolution shall be considered and shall

(i) at least ten days before that meeting send to each insured
member a statement in a form to be approved by the
Commissioners containing particulars relating to the
financial position of the branch and setting forth the
rights of insured members in the event of dissolution;
(ii) immediately after passing any resolution relating to the
proposed dissolution forward to the Committee of
Management of the Society the forms of consent
to dissolution and a copy of the resolution and a
statement of the number of members of the branch,
the number present at the meeting, the total number
of votes with reference to the dissolution to which the
insured members and other members respectively of
the branch are entitled, and the number of such votes
respectively cast for and against the resolution, and

Disposal of funds of dissolved branch.

Provision as to loyal

members of seceding or expelled branch.

the Committee of Management of the Society shall as soon as may be forward the said documents to the Commissioners; and

(ii) furnish such other particulars as the Commissioners or Committee of Management of the Society may

require:

Provided that no meeting of members of a branch at which a resolution for the dissolution of the branch is submitted shall be held earlier than six in the afternoon, unless the rules of the branch otherwise provide, or unless the Commissioners otherwise determine.

(b) If the rules of the Society do not lay down the procedure to be adopted with reference to the dissolution of a branch and the branch only transacts business under the principal Act, such dissolution shall be carried into effect in accordance with the procedure set out in the first part of the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations, but no resolution for the dissolution of a branch shall be valid unless it is carried by not less than three-fourths of the insured melabers voting and one-half of the insured members of the branch.

(2) The Committee of Management of a branch shall give not less than ten days' previous notice in writing of the meeting, at which the proposed dissolution is to be considered, to the Committee of Management of the Society, and representatives of that Committee shall be entitled to be present thereat and to take part in the proceedings.

(3) No dissolution of a branch of a Society shall take effect unless with the consent of the Committee of Management of the Society.

147.-(1) Upon the dissolution of a branch of a Society, the insured members of the branch shall become members of the Unattached Members Fund, and the provisions of Part VIII. of these Regulations relating to the transfer of engagements of a branch of a Society to another branch of the Society shall, as far as may be, apply as if the Unattached Members Fund were a branch of the Society and the dissolving branch were transferring its engagements thereto.

(2) Where the Commissioners have, in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of Section 43 of the Act of 1918, declared that a branch shall cease to be a branch for the purposes of the principal Act, the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph shall apply as if such branch were a dissolving branch.

Miscellaneous Provisions as to Secession, Expulsion, and
Dissolution.

148.-(1) The Committee of Management of a Society may form a branch comprising the loyal members of any seceding or expelled branch or make such arrangements, subject to the rules of the Society, as seem proper to them for such members being admitted as insured members of any other branch or branches of the Society, and, failing any such branch being formed or such arrangements being made as aforesaid, the loyal members of any seceding or expelled branch shall be treated as members of the Tnattached Members Fund.

(2) The transfer values and the sums provided by a seceding or expelled branch to the Society in respect of loyal members as aforesaid shall, if a branch is formed, as aforesaid, or if such members become members of the Unattached Members Fund, be transferred to the branch so formed or to the Unattached Members Fund as the case may be, and if the loyal members become insured members of any other branch or branches under arrangements made as aforesaid, be dealt with subject to the approval of the Joint Committee in accordance with the said arrangements, any balance being transferred to the Unattached Members Fund. 149. A branch of a Society which is in course of seceding, Branch to being expelled or dissolving, shall pay all reasonable travelling pay costs of expenses and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Society in Committee of Management of the Society in connection with the expulsion or secession, expulsion or dissolution of the branch, which expenses dissolution. shall be a charge against the Administration Account of the branch.

secession,

branch of

150. (1) A branch which secedes or is expelled shall, subject Share of as hereinafter provided, be entitled to a share of the Contingencies seceding Fund of the Society corresponding as nearly as may be to the or expelled proportion which the amount paid into that Fund in respect of Contingencontributions of members of the branch (excluding loyal cies Fund members) bears to the amount paid into that Fund in respect of of Society. all the members of the Society:

Provided that if the Committee of Management of the Society or the Committee of Management of the seceding or expelled branch are dissatisfied with the share so calculated, they may make representations to the Commissioners on the subject and the Joint Committee shall, after consultation with both Committees of Management, determine the share, if any, of the branch in the Contingencies Fund of the Society.

(2) Where such a branch becomes a branch of, or transfers its engagements to a branch of, another Society, the amount of the Contingencies Fund of the Society to which it is so entitled shall be credited to the Contingencies Fund of that other Society, and if any sum is apportioned among the branches of that Society on the valuation next completed the branch shall be entitled to participate in such apportionment as though it had been a branch of that Society since the preceding valuation.

151.-(1) No secession, or expulsion, or dissolution of a branch Consent of of a Society shall take place without the consent in writing of Commisthe Commissioners, and the Commissioners shall not give their sioners required. consent to a secession or expulsion unless they are satisfied by a certificate under the hand of the Secretary or other principal officer of the Society or otherwise that the branch has discharged its liabilities to the Society and to any district of the Society under the rules of the Society and under this Part of these Regulations.

(2) The Commissioners shall, in each case, determine the date as at which a secession, expulsion or dissolution of a branch of a Society shall take effect,

Members not to be admitted or to transfer pending secession,

expulsion or

dissolution.

Power of Commissioners

to sanction

expenditure.

Certification of copies of resolution.

Power to

of

152. From the date on which the Committee of Management of a branch of a Society gives notice to the Commissioners of a proposal to secede or to dissolve or from the date on which the Committee of Management of a Society intimates to the Commissioners and to the Committee of Management of a branch a proposal to expel the branch, the branch shall not, except with the consent of the Commissioners, admit any insured member, and the right of insured members to terminate their membership of the branch shall be suspended until such date as the Commissioners determine.

153. In the case of the secession, expulsion or dissolution of a branch of a Society, the Commissioners may sanction the payment of any expenditure which has in their opinion been reasonably incurred in connection with its business under the principal Act or with the secession, expulsion or dissolution, but which has not been incurred in accordance with the rules of the branch, and any expenditure so sanctioned by the Commissioners shall be deemed to have been duly incurred in accordance with the rules of the branch.

154. Any copy of resolution and any statement in regard to the number of votes passed required by this Part of these Regulations to be furnished to the Commissioners or to the Committee of Management of a Society shall be certified by the Chairman of the meeting at which the resolution was passed and by the Secretary of the Society or branch as the case may be or by any person duly authorised to act in that behalf.

155.—(1) The Commissioners may, upon the application of the dispense with Committee of Management of the Society or of the branch, if requirements they are of opinion that special circumstances render it desirable Regulations. so to do, dispense with any of the requirements of this Part of these Regulations in regard to the secession, expulsion or dissolution of a branch, but nothing herein contained shall authorise the Commissioners to dispense with the requiremerts of the rules of the Society in regard thereto.

Service of notices.

Saving as to
Registrar of
Friendly
Societies.

Establishing
Unattached
Members

Fund.

(2) Notwithstanding any failure on the part of a Society or branch to comply with anything contained in this Part of these Regulations the Commissioners may, if they are satisfied that the provisions of this Part of these Regulations have been substantially complied with, confirm the secession, expulsion or dissolution as the case may be.

156. Where any notice or other document is required by this Part of these Regulations to be sent to any member of a branch it shall be deemed to have been duly sent if it has been delivered or sent by post to him at his last known place of abode in the United Kingdom.

157. Nothing in this Part of these Regulations shall affect any of the powers or duties of the Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Unattached Members Fund.

158. (1) For the purpose of administering the benefits of any insured members (herein referred to as "unattached members ") of any branch of a Society which may secede from or be expelled

by the Society or which may be dissolved or cease to be a branch for the purposes of the principal Act, and who, in the case of a seceding or expelled branch, desire to remain insured members of the Society, every Society with branches shall, as soon as may be, establish a central fund called the Unattached Members Fund. and such fund shall, in relation to the unattached members, be treated for the purposes of the principal Act and the Regulations made thereunder, subject to the provisions of this Part of these Regulations, as if it were a branch of a Society and the unattached members were the members thereof and the Committee of Management of the Society and officers thereof were the Committee of Management and officers of the branch.

(2) The Society shall make proper provision by rules to the satisfaction of the Commissioners for the administration of benefits of the unattached members so, however, that disputes between the Society and any person who is or has ceased to be an unattached member or a person claiming through such person shall be submitted only to one arbitration committee or tribunal.

Members

159. (1) There shall be credited in the books of the Society to Credits and the Unattached Members Fund all transfer values and other debits to sums provided to the Society in respect of unattached members Unattached who have on the secession or expulsion of a branch been treated Fund, and as loyal members and all the funds of any branch which has been dissolved or has ceased to be a branch for the purposes of the istration principal Act and all sums on account of contributions and Expenses. otherwise falling to be credited to the Society in respect of unattached members, and there shall be debited in the books of the Society to the Unattached Members Fund all transfer values in respect of unattached members who become members of a branch of the Society and all payments of benefits of unattached members and all transfer values and other sums falling to be debited to the Society in respect of unattached members.

(2) Where a branch of a Society has before the date of the commencement of this Part of these Regulations ceased to transact business under the principal Act and has not made any arrangements for the transfer of its engagements under that Act to some other branch, and all the insured members have transferred to other branches or to other Societies or have been otherwise provided for, any funds which may be standing to the credit of the branch after providing for any outstanding liabilities properly incurred and for transfer values in respect of the members calculated on the basis of the full benefits under the principal Act shall be transferred to the Unattached Members Fund, and if, in the case of any such branch, it appears that there are not sufficient funds standing to the credit of the branch to provide the transfer values calculated as aforesaid in respect of all the members of the branch entitled thereto, there may be paid out of the Unattached Members Fund such sum as together with the funds of the branch will be sufficient to provide such transfer values; and any insured members of a branch which has, before the commencement of this Part of these Regulations, ceased to transact business as aforesaid, who have not become members of any other branches or of any other Societies or been otherwise provided for, shall become members of the Unattached Members

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