Friendly Societies Act 1896


The Friendly Societies Act 1896 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated and amended enactments relating to friendly societies in Great Britain.
, the act remains in force for England and Wales and Scotland and is the governing legislation for friendly societies.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 107 repealed 6 enactments, listed in the third schedule to the act.
CitationShort titleTitleExtent of repeal
38 & 39 Vict. c. 60.Friendly Societies Act 1875Friendly Societies Act, 1875The whole act, except so far as it relates to societies to which section thirty applies and to industrial assurance companies.
46 & 47 Vict. c. 47Provident Nominations and Small Intestacies Act 1883The Provident Nominations and small Intestacies Act, 1883.So much as relates to registered societies.
50 & 51 Vict. c. 56Friendly Societies Act 1887The Friendly Societies Act, 1887.The whole act, except in section two so much as relates to section thirty of the Friendly Societies Act, 1875, and subsection two of section eight, sub-section four of section nine, and sections twelve and eighteen.
51 & 52 Vict. c. 15.National Debt (Supplemental) Act 1888The National Debt Act, 1888.Section six.
56 & 57 Vict. c. 30Friendly Societies Act 1893The Friendly Societies Act, 1893.The whole act.
58 & 59 Vict. c. 26Friendly Societies Act 1895The Friendly Societies Act, 1895.The whole act, except sections fifteen and nineteen.

Subsequent developments

The Collecting Societies and Industrial Assurance Companies Act 1896, passed at the same time as the act, further consolidated enactments relating to friendly societies and industrial assurance companies in the United Kingdom.