Societies which may be registered (I) A society may be registered as a co-operative society under this Act if– (a) it is a limited liability society; and (b) has as its objects the promotion of the socio-economic interests of its members in accordance with co-operative principles, and established for the purpose of facilitating the operation of those principles. CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES A LAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES. Established in 1871, Co-operative News is published by Co-operative Press Ltd, an independent registered co-operative society. b] The Society is a bona fide Society within the meaning of Section 1 (2) of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 [the "Act"]. It is registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 as a bona fide co-operative, registration IP 1585R. (2) The conditions are— (a) that it is shown to the satisfaction of the FCA— (i) in the case of registration as a co-operative society, that the society is a bona fide co-operative society, or Law Nos, 5 of … vide CBDT Circular No.37/2016 dated 02-11-2016. For the Financial Conduct Authority. (a) a co-operative society, or (b) a community benefit society. Indeed, this is the origin of the “society for the benefit of the community” and the “bona fide co-operative”. "Society"].

AND TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE CONST1TUTIONAND CONTROL OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH AND INCIDENTAL THERETO. OBJECTS 2. prospective co-operative society, or a registered society meeting the condition for registration that it is a bona fide co-operative society, wishing to register a new set of rules with the Financial Conduct Authority. Date: 4 May 2018 1.4 Is membership of the society required to … But as far as a co-operative society is concerned such disallowance only result in the enhancement in total income which is otherwise deductible u/s 80 P(2)(a)(1) and therefore does not affect the tax liability of the Co-operative society. For a co-operative society you could write: ‘[society name] is a Co-operative Society registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014.’ For a community benefit society you could write: ‘[society name] is a Community Benefit Society registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014’. bona fide co-operative society (go to question 1.3) conducts business for the benefit of the community (go to question 1.8) Bona fide co-operative 1.3 How do members benefit from the business industry or trade of the society? -Scottish Co-operative wholesale Society Ltd v Meyer: where the interests of the appointors and the company do not coincide, a nominee director is bound to put the interests of the company ahead of the sectional interest he represents.

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