Law commission consultation reviewing the Friendly Societies Act 1974 and 1992

Closes 11 Jun 2025

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Chapter 12: General questions

Consultation Question 67:

How would law reform affect you? For example:

  1. Could law reform save you money, or would it cost you money (and would it be worth it for a more modern legal framework)? If it would cost you money, what is the time horizon of such costs, for example, would it be a short term disruptive costs for a longer term saving?
  2. Would law reform help your business or are you worried about change?

Please provide a general answer here. In addition, when answering other questions, please tell us, where possible, how that specific reform might affect you and provide specific examples or figures where possible.

Consultation Question 68: Are there any factors unique to Wales that we should consider?
Consultation Question 69: Are there any factors unique to Scotland that we should know about?
Consultation Question 70: Are there any factors unique to Northern Ireland that we should know about?
Consultation Question 71: Are there any factors unique to the Channel Islands that we should know about?
Consultation Question 72: Are there other ways in which the friendly society legislation might be improved that we have not discussed elsewhere in the consultation paper?
Consultation Question 73: In several places in the consultation paper, we provisionally concluded that no reform is needed in respect of a specific issue. We invite consultees to tell us if they disagree with any of these provisional conclusions.
Consultation Question 74: We invite consultees to tell us if they believe or have evidence or data to suggest that any of our provisional proposals could result in advantages or disadvantages to certain groups, whether or not those groups are protected under the Equality Act 2010, and which those consultees have not already raised in relation to other consultation questions.