(1) For the purposes of this Part, the Act of 1990, and any other provision in the Companies Acts referred to in that Act, shall apply to a registered industrial and provident society as it applies to a company, subject to -
(a) the modification that it shall be read as if sections 6A and 36A were deleted,
(b) the modifications, made for the purposes of this Part, to the wording of those sections that are referred to in sections 16 to 24, and
(c) any other necessary modifications.
(2) A reference (including in a modification referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1)) in this Part to -
(a) a society is to a registered society, and
(b) a registered society is to a registered industrial and provident society.