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(1) This Order may be cited as the Building Societies Act 1997 (Expiry of Transitional Period) Order 1998.
(2) In this Order “the transitional period” means the period defined in paragraphs 2(7) and 3(6) of Schedule 8 to the Building Societies Act 1997 as beginning with the commencement of sections 1 and 2 of the Building Societies Act 1997 on 1st December 1997 and expiring with such day as the Commission, with the consent of the Treasury, prescribes by order made by statutory instrument.
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The transitional period shall expire on 30th April 1999.
G.S. Johnson
Secretary to the Commission
We consent to this Order.
David Jamieson
Clive Betts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
18th November 1998