Companies Act 2014

740

Terms of court order on application under section 738

740. (1) In making an order under section 738 on the application of a member or an officer of the company, the court shall, unless reason to the contrary is shown to the satisfaction of the court, make it a term of the order that the order shall not have effect unless, within a specified period, there is done each of the things (save where it has already been done) that are set out in subsection (2).

(2) Those things are—

(a) all outstanding annual returns in relation to the company are delivered, in accordance with Part 6, to the Registrar;

(b) all outstanding statements as required by section 882 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 in relation to the company are delivered to the Revenue Commissioners;

(c) the company appoints a director and delivers to the Registrar the notification and consent required by section 149(8) and (10), respectively, and—

(i) the person so appointed is resident in an EEA state; or

(ii) unless a certificate under section 140 in relation to the company has been granted by the Registrar and is in force, the company provides the Registrar with a bond in accordance with section 137.

(3) For the avoidance of doubt, subsection (1) requires, unless reason to the contrary there mentioned is shown, the order of the court to specify that a thing set out in subsection (2) is to be done (save where it has already been done) notwithstanding that the ground on which the company had been struck off the register did not relate to that thing.

(4) In making an order under section 738 on the application of a creditor of the company, the court shall direct that, within a specified period (save where the particular thing has already been done)—

(a) there is procured by one or more specified members or officers of the company the delivery by the company of all outstanding annual returns, in accordance with Part 6, to the Registrar;

(b) there is delivered by such specified members or officers all outstanding statements as required by section 882 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 in relation to the company to the Revenue Commissioners;

(c) such specified members or officers take all reasonable steps to ensure that the company appoints a director and delivers to the Registrar the notification and consent required by section 149(8) and (10), respectively, and either that—

(i) the person so appointed is resident in an EEA state; or

(ii) unless a certificate under section 140 in relation to the company has been granted by the Registrar and is in force, the company provides the Registrar with a bond in accordance with section 137.

(5) For the avoidance of doubt, subsection (4) requires the order of the court to specify that a thing set out in that subsection is to be done (save where it has already been done) notwithstanding that the ground on which the company had been struck off the register did not relate to that thing.

(6) In making an order under section 738 on the application of a creditor of the company, the court may award the applicant the costs of the application against the company.