“107A Credit union may offer credit union securities

• “(1) A credit union may, if authorised by and in accordance with its rules and trust deed, offer credit union securities to members for subscription.

  “(2) Credit union securities—

  • “(a) are transferable only between members; and

  • “(b) confer no voting rights upon holders.

  “(3) In the event of a credit union being wound up, claims for credit union securities must not be paid until all creditors' claims and claims relating to the shares referred to in section 107 have been paid.

  “(4) In the event of a credit union incurring losses that exceed its retained earnings and reserves, the value of the credit union securities must be written down accordingly.

  “(5) To avoid doubt,—

  • “(a) an offer of securities under subsection (1) is an offer to the public and subject to the provisions of the Securities Act 1978:

  • “(b) credit union securities do not include shares under section 107.”

“109 Power of credit union to borrow money

• A credit union may borrow money if the borrowing is authorised by, and in accordance with, its rules and trust deed.”

“110 Credit union may make loans to members

• A credit union may make loans to members for such purposes and upon such security (or without security) and conditions as the rules of the credit union may provide either generally or specifically.”

• “(2) If an officer of a credit union is required to give security in accordance with subsection (1), the officer must do so by—

  • “(a) becoming bound by 1 or more sureties in such sum as the credit union directs; or

  • “(b) giving the security of a guarantee society in such sum as the credit union directs; or

  • “(c) including a sum, agreed to by the credit union, within the risks insured by the insurance policy required under section 133.”

“Distribution to members

“117A Meaning of distribution

• “(1) In sections 117B to 117D, unless the context otherwise requires, distribution, in relation to a distribution by a credit union to a member, means—

  • “(a) the direct or indirect transfer of money or property to or for the benefit of the member; or

  • “(b) the incurring of a debt to or for the benefit of the member.

  “(2) For the purposes of subsection (1),—

  • “(a) the distribution must relate to credit union securities held by the member to whom the distribution is being made; and

  • “(b) a transfer may be made, or a debt incurred, by means of a purchase of property, the redemption or other acquisition of credit union securities or shares, a distribution of indebtedness, or by some other means.

  “Compare: 1993 No 105 s 2

“117B Distribution must be authorised

• A distribution must be authorised in writing by the committee, or committee of management, as the case may be, of the credit union.

  “Compare: 2008 No 1 s 40

“117C Distribution must not be authorised unless credit union solvent

• The committee, or committee of management, as the case may be, of the credit union must not authorise a distribution unless the committee is satisfied on reasonable grounds that, immediately after the distribution is made, the credit union will be solvent.

  “Compare: 2008 No 1 s 41

“117D Solvency test

• “(1) A credit union is solvent for the purposes of the payment of a distribution if—

  • “(a) the credit union is able to pay its debts as they become due in the normal course of business; and

  • “(b) the value of the credit union’s assets is greater than its liabilities, including its contingent liabilities.

  “(2) In determining whether the value of the credit union’s assets is greater than its liabilities, the committee, or committee of management, as the case may be, of the credit union—

  • “(a) must have regard to all circumstances that the committee knows or ought to know affect, or may affect, the value of the credit union’s assets and the value of its liabilities, including its contingent liabilities; and

  • “(b) may rely on valuations of assets or estimates of liabilities that are reasonable in the circumstances.

  “(3) In determining, for the purposes of this section, the value of a contingent liability, account may be taken of—

  • “(a) the likelihood of the contingency occurring; and

  • “(b) any claim that the credit union is entitled to make and can reasonably expect to be met to reduce or extinguish a contingent liability.

  “Compare: 2008 No 1 s 42”.

• “(e) sections 124 and 142.”