"ballot" means - (a) a postal ballot (within the meaning of paragraph 8 of Schedule 12), (b) an electronic ballot (within the meaning of paragraph 8A of that Schedule), or (c) a combined ballot (within the meaning of paragraph 8B of that Schedule);
"friendly society" means an incorporated friendly society or a registered friendly society;
"incorporated friendly society" means a society incorporated under this Act;
"registered branch" means a branch of a registered friendly society which is separately registered within the meaning of the 1974 Act;
"registered friendly society" means a society registered within the meaning of the 1974 Act by virtue of section 7(1)(a) of that Act or any enactment which it replaced.