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the PRA. In September 2013, the English and Scottish Law Commissions published a draft consolidation bill and related documents for consultation. Earlier that year, the UK Treasury, which is the department responsible for legislation for societies, published a series of proposals to increase the holding limit for withdrawable share capital in societies to at least £31,000, to apply insolvency rescue procedures to societies, and to change the rules applicable to their registers of members. Draft regulations linked to that consultation were also available, having been circulated to a small number of people. Those drafts and other materials, including a private member's bill to liberalise the use of share capital by societies presented to the UK House of Lords were explained and brought together online.
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resilient, with 92% of all businesses who have raised capital through community shares still trading to date. As community share offers are exempt from formal regulation, the Community Shares Unit (CSU) oversees best practice standards, intelligence and development of the community shares market. The CSU is a formal partnership between
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The maximum individual withdrawable shareholding is currently set at £100,000 (although other IPSs may hold more shares than this). The limit used to include non-withdrawable shares, but this was removed in 2011. Since 2006, the FCA has been willing, in principle, to permit co-operative societies to
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which splits the Financial Services Authority into the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) took effect on 1 April 2013. The registration function for societies was transferred to the FCA while the prudential regulation of credit unions was transferred to
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Since 2012, the use of withdrawable share capital by community benefit societies has been commonly described as 'community shares'. Over £150 million has been raised in community shares by over 440 community owned businesses across the UK. Recent research has shown that this model has proven very
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announced a project to consolidate all the legislation applicable to industrial and provident societies to be passed by 2015. There was some uncertainty as to how far new developments would address the problems with the legislation. Cameron stated, "We know that breaking monopolies, encouraging
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The members of a society benefit from the protection of limited liability much like other corporate forms, but unlike companies for example, each member will normally only have one vote at a General Meeting regardless of their shareholding. The governance of a society is therefore democratically
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but may be withdrawn subject to specified conditions. It has the great advantage of being exempt from the Financial Services and Markets Act, which makes the sale of securities to the public a criminal offence without compliance with expensive and onerous regulations. However, an IPS with
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In 2011, the Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2011 increased the maximum shareholding limit, changed the date of submission of the annual return, permitted children to be members, and allows the publication of unaudited interim accounts.
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have non-user investor members providing certain conditions are met and this, in combination with the removal of the £100,000 holding limit for non-withdrawable shares, may open up wider possibilities for co-operatives to raise finance from investors while maintaining user control.
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In 2006, the Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1968 (Audit Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2006 increased the audit exemption threshold level for industrial and provident societies to £5.6 million. Also the
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requirements are continuously met. The terms of society shares, whether withdrawable or not, may include the payment of interest on the capital, but this may only be paid out of profits.
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Working capital is usually provided through non-voting shares, and these are often withdrawable. Withdrawable share capital is an unusual form of finance which is treated as
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removed certain exemptions of charitable IPSs in England and Wales. From that point, charitable IPSs had to register with both the FCA and the Charity Commission, except
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withdrawable share capital is not allowed to carry on a banking business, presumably because a withdrawable share capital would make it impractical to ensure
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The Industrial and Provident Societies Act was passed by the parliament of New Zealand in 1908, and forms the basis of the law on societies in New Zealand.
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The term industrial and provident society is still used in statute in New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and within the UK in Northern Ireland.
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choice, opening up new forms of enterprise is not just right for business but the best way of improving public services too."
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of the members. The share often acts as no more than a "membership ticket", and voting is on a "one member one vote" basis.
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Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 (Act). Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1893.
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In depth guidance on the legislation and best practice standards on running community share offers is available from
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and became the traditional legal form taken by trading organisations with democratic governance including:
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registered for carrying on any industries, businesses, or trades specified in or authorised by its rules.
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societies for the benefit of the community (which trade for the benefit of the broader community).
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https://www.legislation.gov.uk/primary+secondary/1893?title=industrial%20and%20provident
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Legislative Reform (Industrial & Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2011
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is based on modifications of the UK Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 (
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The first legislation basis for industrial and provident societies arose in the
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Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010
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Since 2010 the IPS laws explicitly name co-operatives in their titles.
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Charitable incorporated organisation (England and Wales)
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co-operatives (which trade for the benefit of their members);
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In 1965, an act of Parliament came into effect called the
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Such businesses have been controlled in the past by the
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Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Act 1913
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Industrial and Provident Societies Partnership Act 1852
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Industrial and Provident Societies Partnership Act 1852
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Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014
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