Companies Act 2014

Early warning tools

271A

271A. (1) A director may have regard to early warning tools.

(2) For the purposes of this section, an early warning tool means a mechanism to alert the directors of the company to circumstances that could give rise to a likelihood that the company concerned will be unable to pay its debts (within the meaning of section 509(3)) and can identify the restructuring frameworks available to the company and signal to such directors the need to act without delay.]

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Amendments:

F80

Inserted (27.07.2022) by European Union (Preventive Restructuring) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 380 of 2022), reg. 7, subject to restriction on application in reg. 3.