1 The 1974 Act shall be amended as follows.
(1) In subsection (1) of section 4 -
(a) after the word "Act" there shall be inserted the words "and the 1992 Act"; and
(b) in paragraph (a), after the word "Wales," there shall be inserted the words "Northern Ireland,".
(2) After subsection (2) of that section there shall be inserted the following subsection -
"(2A) The central office shall maintain separate registers under this Act or, as the case may be, the 1992 Act in relation to societies whose registered offices are in Northern Ireland."
(3) In subsection (3) of that section, after the word "Act", in each place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words "or the 1992 Act".
3 [deleted]
4 In section 7, in subsection (1) -
(a) for the words "may be" there shall be substituted the words "may remain";
(b) in paragraph (a), for the words from "any" to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the words "any purpose falling within Schedule 2 to the 1992 Act"; an
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