77.—(1) Not later than one month after the registration of a credit union, the signatories to the application to register the credit union shall by notice in writing summon a meeting (to be known as “the organisation meeting”) of all the persons who, on the date of issue of the notice, were members of the credit union.

(2) The notice required by subsection (1)—

(a) shall state the date, time and place of the organisation meeting; and

F236[(b) shall, within the relevant period, be delivered to each member of the credit union.]

(3) The reference in paragraph (b) of subsection (2) to the relevant period is a reference to the period which begins 21 days before and ends seven days before the date of the organisation meeting; and the reference in subsection (1) to the date of issue of the notice is a reference to the date or, as the case may be, the first date on which the notice is delivered to any member as mentioned in that paragraph.