The Gazette 1983

GAZETTE

SEPTEMBER 1'

by the Central Bank (in addition to the statutory requirements under the 1971 Act) when deciding whether or not to grant a banking licence, which criteria are required for sound banking practice and are reasonable. As those members of the general public who placed money on deposit with the Societies were thus at risk the legislative intervention was in the common good and not invalid. 2. The law impugned does not interfere with the right of association, merely regulating the activities in which the Society sought to engage. Private Motorists Provident Society Limited and Joseph Moore v. The Attorney General- Supreme Court (per O'Higgins C.J. Nem. Diss.) 6May, 1983 —Unreported. Peter Byrne Edited by Gary Byrne

Copies of judgments in the above cases are available to members on request from the Society's Library.