5.— (1) The UCITS Regulations are amended by inserting the following after Regulation 36F (inserted by section 77 of and the Schedule to the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005):

“Application of jurisdiction transfer provisions to investment companies established as UCITS.

36G.— The provisions of sections 256F to 256H of the Companies Act 1990 (inserted by section 3 of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009) shall apply to any investment company authorised pursuant to these Regulations and for this purpose the references to authorisation shall be read as referring to authorisation pursuant to these Regulations.”.

(2) In this section “UCITS Regulations” means the European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 211 of 2003) as amended.