(1) The FCA shall prepare and maintain a file relating to each friendly society (to be known as the public file) and the file shall -
(a) contain the documents or, as the case may be, copies of the documents and the records of the matters directed by or under any provision of this Act to be kept in the public file of the society; and
(b) be available for inspection on reasonable notice by members of the public subject to paragraph (2A) below.
(1A) The requirement to prepare and maintain the public file of a friendly society does not apply in relation to a document, a copy of a document or a record, if the FCA -
(a) prepares and maintains an electronic copy of the document, copy or record; and
(b) places the electronic copy on the FCA's website.
(2) Any member of the public shall be entitled, subject to paragraph (2A) below, to be furnished with a copy of all or any of the documents or records kept in the public file of a friendly society.
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