Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2006
Number 41 of 2006
INVESTMENT FUNDS, COMPANIES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2006
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2019
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2006. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Act 2018 (42/2018), enacted 27 December 2018, and all statutory instruments up to and including Criminal Justice (Suspended Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 1 of 2019), made 3 January 2019, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 41 of 2006
INVESTMENT FUNDS, COMPANIES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2006
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title, collective citation and construction.
Amendments of Companies Acts
6. Statutory declarations for purposes of Companies Acts.
7. Amendment of section 33 of Companies Act 1963.
8. Amendment of section 21 of Companies (Amendment) Act 1983.
9. Exemption from audit requirement.
10. Application of section 9 and transitional provisions.
11. Restrictions on, and disqualifications of, persons from acting as directors, etc.
13. Amendment of section 43 of Act of 2005.
14. Amendment of section 45 of Act of 2005.
15. Amendments of Act of 2005 consequential on amendment made by section 14.
16. Amendment of section 9 of Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003.
17. Amendment of section 10 of Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003.
18. Amendment of section 29 of Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003.
Transparency Requirements Regarding Issuers of Securities Admitted to Trading on Certain Markets
20. Power to make certain regulations.
21. Conviction on indictment of offences under transparency (regulated markets) law.
22. Supplementary rules, etc., by competent authority.
23. Amendment of section 33AK of Central Bank Act 1942.
24. Application of transparency (regulated markets) law to certain markets.
Miscellaneous
25. Amendment of section 1 of Act of 1997.
26. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1997.
27. Further amendment of section 2 of Act of 1997.
28. Amendment of Act of 1997 — insertion of new section 2B.
29. Amendment of section 8 of Act of 1997.
30. Amendment of Schedule to Act of 1997.
31. Revocation of S.I. No. 87 of 2001.
32. Amendment of European Communities (Takeover Bids (Directive 2004/25/EC)) Regulations 2006.
33. Amendment of Consumer Information Act 1978.
34. Amendment of sections 33C and 33AN of, and Schedule 2 to, Central Bank Act 1942.
Acts Referred to
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1942, No. 22 |
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Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 |
2003, No. 12 |
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Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2004 |
2004, No. 21 |
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1983, No. 13 |
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1999, No. 30 |
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2003, No. 44 |
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1990, No. 33 |
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1963, No. 33 |
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2001, No. 28 |
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1978, No. 1 |
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Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Provision of Services) Act 1993 |
1993, No. 33 |
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1972, No. 27 |
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2005, No. 23 |
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Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005 |
2005, No. 12 |
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1994, No. 24 |
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1997, No. 5 |
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Limited Partnerships Act 1907 |
7 Edw., c. 24 |
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1995, No. 25 |
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1954, No. 36 |
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1938, No. 37 |
Number 41 of 2006
INVESTMENT FUNDS, COMPANIES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2006
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2019
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE COMPANIES ACTS, THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT 1997, THE CENTRAL BANK ACT 1942, THE CONSUMER INFORMATION ACT 1978 AND THE NETTING OF FINANCIAL CONTRACTS ACT 1995, TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE 2004/109/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 15 DECEMBER 2004 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
[24th December, 2006]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: