When a building society wants to have a meeting, they need to tell their members about it ahead of time. This is called giving notice. The rules say that the society must give at least 14 clear days' notice in writing before any meeting. This means you need to have 14 full days between when you get the notice and when the meeting happens.

If the society's rules say they can give less than 14 days' notice, that part of their rules doesn't count. It's not allowed. However, the society can make rules that say they need to give more than 14 days' notice if they want to.

When the society gives 14 days' notice like this, it counts as following the rules properly. This is important because it means the meeting is official and any decisions made there are valid.

There's also a rule about how early the society can tell you about a meeting. They're not allowed to send out the notice more than 56 days (which is about 8 weeks) before the meeting date. This stops them from telling you about meetings too far in advance.

These rules help make sure that everyone in the society has enough time to prepare for meetings, but also that the meetings happen within a reasonable time after you're told about them.