The Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008 (c 31) is an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. It authorises the distribution, by the
Big Lottery Fund
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, of assets from cash accounts that have been inactive for fifteen years.
Commencement
Parts 1 and 2 came into force on 12 March 2009. Part 3 came into force on 26 November 2008.
[The ]Interpretation Act 1978
The Interpretation Act 1978 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act makes provision for the interpretation of Acts of Parliament, Measures of the General Synod of the Church of England, Measures of the Church Assembly, subord ...
, section 4(b).
See also
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Building Societies Act
Building Societies Act is a stock short title used in both Ireland and the United Kingdom for legislation relating to building societies.
List
Ireland
*The Building Societies (Amendment) Act 2006
*The Building Societies Act 1989
*The Building S ...
References
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Halsbury's Statutes
''Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales'' (commonly referred to as ''Halsbury's Statutes'') provides updated texts of every Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Measure of the Welsh Assembly, or Church of England Measur ...
,
External links
The Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008 as amended from the
National Archives.
The Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008 as originally enacted from the
National Archives.
Explanatory notesto the Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008.
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2008
2008 in economics
Banking legislation in the United Kingdom
Building societies of the United Kingdom
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