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As published
80 Signing of balance sheet: documents to be annexed.
(1) Every balance sheet of a building society shall be signed by one director on behalf of the board of directors ....
(2) The income and expenditure account, . . . and the annual business statement shall be annexed to the balance sheet, and so shall any group accounts; and the auditor’s report shall be attached to it.
(3) The income and expenditure account, . . . and the annual business statement shall be approved by the board of directors before the balance sheet is signed on their behalf, and so shall any group accounts; and the date of their approval of those documents shall be endorsed on the balance sheet.
(4) The directors’ report shall be attached to the balance sheet.
(5) If a balance sheet has not been signed as required by subsection (1) above, and a copy of it is issued, circulated or published, the building society shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and so shall any officer who is also guilty of the offence.
(6) If any copy of a balance sheet is issued, circulated or published—
(a) without having annexed to it a copy of the income and expenditure account, or
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) without having annexed to it a copy of the annual business statement, or
(d) without having attached to it a copy of the auditor’s report, or
(e) without having attached to it a copy of the directors’ report,
the building society shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and so shall any officer who is also guilty of the offence.
Your change, as a redline
80 Signing of balance sheet: documents to be annexed.
(1) Every balance sheet of a building society shall be signed by one director on behalf of the board of directors ....
(2) The income and expenditure account, . . . and the annual business statement shall be annexed to the balance sheet, and so shall any group accounts; and the auditor’s report shall be attached to it.
(3) The income and expenditure account, . . . and the annual business statement shall be approved by the board of directors before the balance sheet is signed on their behalf, and so shall any group accounts; and the date of their approval of those documents shall be endorsed on the balance sheet.
(4) The directors’ report shall be attached to the balance sheet.
(5) If a balance sheet has not been signed as required by subsection (1) above, and a copy of it is issued, circulated or published, the building society shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and so shall any officer who is also guilty of the offence.
(6) If any copy of a balance sheet is issued, circulated or published—
(a) without having annexed to it a copy of the income and expenditure account, or
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) without having annexed to it a copy of the annual business statement, or
(d) without having attached to it a copy of the auditor’s report, or
(e) without having attached to it a copy of the directors’ report,
the building society shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and so shall any officer who is also guilty of the offence.
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