Companies Act 2014

792

Information, books or documents may be disclosed to competent authority

792. (1) Any information, book or document relating to a company that has been obtained under any of sections 778 to 780, 783 or 787 may be disclosed to a competent authority without the consent of the company.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a competent authority includes—

(a) the Minister;

(b) a person authorised by the Minister;

(c) an inspector appointed under this Act;

(d) the Registrar;

(e) the Minister for Finance;

(f) an officer authorised by the Minister for Finance;

(g) the Revenue Commissioners;

(h) the Supervisory Authority;

(i) any court of competent jurisdiction;

(j) a supervisory authority within the meaning of regulations relating to insurance made under the European Communities Act 1972;

(k) the Central Bank; or

(l) any authority established outside the State in which there are vested—

(i) functions of investigating or prosecuting an offence similar to an offence referred to in section 791(a) or (b);

(ii) functions of assessing the liability of a person in respect of a tax or duty or other payment owed or payable to the state in which it is established or any other authority established in that state;

(iii) functions of collecting an amount due in respect of a tax or duty or other payment referred to in subparagraph (ii); or

(iv) functions that are similar to the functions referred to in any of section 791(d) to (h).