Co-Operative Societies Act 2008
Part
XIV Specialized Societies
Credit
Unions
191.
Interpretation and application
In
this part—
“consumer
society” means
a society whose primary purpose is to purchase, procure, process, manufacture,
exchange, hire or deal in goods or services for sale at retail to its members
who are to be the ultimate users or consumers of those goods and services;
“credit
union” means
a registered society providing co-operative savings and lending business for
its members;
“housing
charges” means
the fee charged by a housing society to its members to cover its costs of
providing housing accommodation;
“housing
unit” means
housing accommodation intended for individual or family use;
“industrial
society” means
a society whose primary purpose is to operate an enterprise in which its
members are the workers necessary for the operation;
“liquid
assets” means
assets maintained by a credit; union to ensure that it can meet its commitments
with respect to loans and withdrawal of deposits.