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Building Societies Act 1997

Building Societies Act 1997 s 31

s 31

In Article 19 of the Order (challenge of decisions) as applied to a building society, “ contributory ”— (a) means every person liable to contribute to the assets of the society in the event of its being wound up, and (b) for the purposes of all proceedings for determining, and all proceedings prior to the determination of, the persons who are to be deemed contributories, includes any person alleged to be a contributory, and (c) includes persons who are liable to pay or contribute to the payment of— (i) any debt or liability of the building society being wound up, or (ii) any sum for the adjustment of rights of members among themselves, or (iii) the expenses of the winding up; but does not include persons liable to contribute by virtue of a declaration by the High Court under Article 177 (imputed responsibility for fraudulent trading) or Article 178 (wrongful trading) of the Order.

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