Friendly Societies Act Amendment Act 1914 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO QUINTO

G-EORGII QUINTI REGIS,

XIII.

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No. 13 of 1914.

AN ACT to amend the Friendly Societies Act,

1894.

[Assented to 8th September, 1914.]

Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Par- BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and

liament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :-

This Act may be cited as the Friendly Societies Act Amend- ment Act, 1914, and shall. be read and construed as one Act with	Short title and
commencement.
the Friendly Societies Act, 1894 (hereinafter called the "prin- cipal Act"), and shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by proclamation.

1.

Notwithstanding anything in the principal Act or in the rules of any society it shall, subject to this Act, be lawful for the	Liability to make
be suspended in the
contributions may
committee of management of any society to suspend (wholly or	case of necessitous
partially), at any time and from time to time, the liability of any	members.
member to make all or any contributions required by the principal Aet or the rules of the society, for such period as to such committee shall seem fit: Provided that the suspension

2.

(a) shall only be granted to a member being, and as long as

he is, unemployed owing to the War, and in the

opinion of the committee in necessitous circumstances,

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or to a member being, and as long as he is, on active

service in the naval or military forces of the Crown;

(b) shall not have effect unless and until it is confirmed by

the Registrar;

(c) may at any time be removed by the committee or the Registrar notwithstanding that the period fixed for its expiry has not elapsed.

Effect of3. (1.) During any such suspension the member in whose suspension. favour it has been granted shall not be called upon to make any

contribution in respect of which it has been granted; but after the end or determination of the suspension he shall, except in so far as the society by resolution passed at a general meeting* of the members otherwise determines, be liable to pay all such con- tributions as would have become payable by him but for the sus- pension at and in such time and manner and in such instalments as the committee may decide.

(2.) Notwithstanding any suspension, the member affected shall be entitled to all such benefits which he would have been en- titled to if he had paid his contributions.

Power of Registrar 4. (1.) The Registrar may at any time and from time to time to direct levies, direct that any society which has granted any suspension under

this Act shall impose such levy on those of its members who have not been granted any suspension as shall be deemed by the Regis- trar to be necessary to maintain the stability of the society.

(2.) Such levy when imposed shall be deemed to have been

duly and legally made under the rules of the society and in accord- ance with the principal Act and shall be enforceable accordingly, and failure to pay the same shall have the same effect as failure to pay any ordinary contribution due by a member.

(3.) Failure on the part of any society to impose any levy

pursuant to the direction of the Registrar shall be a ground for cancellation or suspension of the registry of the society as if it were mentioned as such ground in section ten of the principal Act.

Interpetration. 5. In this Act, subject to the context "Society" means a registered society and includes a. regis-

tered branch;

"War" means the present War existing in Europe.

6. Section two of this Act and any suspension granted there-

under shall cease to operate on a day to be fixed by proclamation

published in the Gazette after the termination of the War.

Duration Section	of
2.

By Authority: FRED. WM. SIMPSON, Government Printer, Perth.