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Building Societies (Amendment) Act, 1980

In short

This law amends and expands the existing legal framework for building societies, primarily by introducing a subsidy for interest on loans and simplifying the process for societies to pay out funds to beneficiaries of deceased members or depositors.

What it regulates

  • Subsidies for interest on loans made by building societies.
  • The process for building societies to pay out funds to beneficiaries of deceased members or depositors.
  • The repeal of a specific section of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979.
  • The construction and citation of this Act in relation to the Building Societies Act, 1976.

Who it concerns

  • Building societies.
  • Members of or depositors with building societies.
  • The Minister and the Minister for Finance.

Key points

  • The Minister may pay a subsidy to a society for interest on loans made by the society, for periods starting on or after June 1, 1977.
  • When a member or depositor with funds not exceeding a Registrar-fixed amount dies, the society may pay the sum to the apparent entitled person without requiring formal legal representation of the estate.
  • If a society makes such a payment to someone who is not the executor, the society must provide written particulars of the payment to the President of the High Court.
  • Section 12 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979, is repealed, but regulations made under it remain in force as if made under this Act's section 2.
Legal text
Legal text

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  3. s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile ActsAchtanna 1980 Building Societies (Amendment) Act, 1980 Building Societies (Amendment) Act, 1980 Permanent Page URL View by SectionAmharc de réir Ailt View Full ActAmharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRí arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Print Full ActPriontáil an tAcht Iomlán Number 31 of 1980 BUILDING SOCIETIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1980 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. “Principal Act”. 2. Subsidy in respect of interest on loans made by society. 3. Amendment of Section 23 of Principal Act. 4. Repeal. 5. Short title, construction and collective citation. Number 31 of 1980 BUILDING SOCIETIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1980 AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE LAW RELATING TO BUILDING SOCIETIES. [10th December, 1980] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: “Principal Act”. 1.—In this Act “the Principal Act” means the Building Societies Act, 1976 . Subsidy in respect of interest on loans made by society. 2.—

(1)The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance and subject to such regulations as may be made by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance for the purposes of this section, pay, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, a subsidy to a society in respect of interest payable to the society as regards any period commencing on or after the 1st day of June, 1977, on loans made by the society.
(2)In determining the amount of a subsidy paid to a society under this section regard may be had to all or any one or more of the following, that is to say: (
  1. a)the amount of interest payable by borrowers on loans made to them by the society, (
  2. b)the amount of interest payable by the society to shareholders in or depositors with the society, (
  3. c)such other matters (if any) as stand for the time being prescribed under the subsection. Amendment of Section 23 of Principal Act. 3.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection
(3)of section 23: “
(3)(
  1. a)Where a person who is a member of or a depositor with a society and has in the funds of the society a sum of money, not exceeding such amount as may from time to time stand fixed by the Registrar for the purposes of this subsection, dies, the sum may be paid by the society, without representation within the meaning of the Succession Act, 1965 , having been granted in respect of the estate of the deceased person, to the person who appears to the society to be entitled to receive it, whether as personal representative of the deceased person or otherwise, upon the society's being satisfied by evidence contained in a statutory declaration of the occurrence of the death and of the entitlement of the person by or on whose behalf the sum is claimed to the receipt thereof. (
  2. b)Where a payment is made under this subsection by a society to a person who is not the executor of the deceased person concerned, the society shall, as soon as may be, give to the President of the High Court particulars in writing of the payment. (
  3. c)Where a society duly makes a payment under this subsection, the payment shall be valid and effectual with respect to any demand against the funds of the society from any person making a claim as regards the estate of the deceased person concerned but the person claiming shall have his remedy for the amount of the payment against the person to whom the payment was so made.”. Repeal. 4.—
(1)Section 12 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 , is hereby repealed.
(2)Notwithstanding subsection
(1), regulations made under section 12 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 , which were in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue in force and shall have effect as if made under and for the purposes of section 2. Short title, construction and collective citation. 5.—
(1)This act may be cited as the Building Societies (Amendment) Act, 1980.
(2)The Principal Act and this Act may be cited together as the Building Societies Acts, 1976 and 1980, and shall be construed together as one. Acts Referred to Building Societies Act, 1976 1976, No. 38 Succession Act, 1965 1965, No. 27 Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 1979, No. 27 Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais

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