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(35) That the members of an international Society resident in 
any national areas other than that in which the head office of the 
Society is situated should be given a further opportunity of 
electing, subject fo the consent of the central body of the Society, 
to have a combined valuation for the whole Society ; but that 
no new option should be given to international Societies to be 
valued separately in respect of each part of the United Kingdom 
in which they operate. (paras. 562-563.) 
(86) That Section 30 (2) should be amplified so as to provide 
that where the number of members of an international Society 
who are resident in any national area other than that in which 
the head office of the Society is situated is less than a definite 
percentage of the total membership and is not more than a 
certain number, approval may be withdrawn in respect of that 
area and the members resident therein should be deemed to be 
resident in the area in which the head office is situated. (para. 
606.) 
(37) That where at a general meeting of an Approved Society 
with branches a resolution in favour of the centralisation of the 
branches either wholly or in districts is passed by such substantial 
(e.g., four-fifths) majority representative of the insured members 
as may be prescribed, such resolution should, subject to pre- 
scribed conditions, be binding on all branches of the Society. 
(para. 609.) 
(38) That the provisions of Section 76 for the pooling of the 
Contingencies Funds of small Societies through associations 
should be repealed, but that existing associations be allowed to 
continue on a voluntary non-statutory basis for the purposes of 
consultation and general co-operation. (para. 567.) 
(39) That Section 72 should be amplified so as to give to the 
Auditors powers of disallowance and surcharge in the case of 
tmproper expenditure by Approved Societies. (para. 244.) 
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(40) That while the possibility of the existence of differences 
in the benefits provided by different Societies may justifiably be 
continued as a feature of the Scheme of National Health 
Insurance, the disparities which have emerged are greater than 
are expedient in the interests of the insured community regarded 
as a whole; and that, therefore, some mitigation of these in- 
equalities is desirable. (para. 255.) 
(41) That to effect this result, a scheme of partial pooling 
of surpluses on the following lines should be instituted :— 
(a) No surplus (including Contingencies Fund) which has 
accrued prior to the change of system should be subject to 
pooling, and thereafter pooling should apply only to such 
part of a surplus as has accrued since the date of the last 
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