Building Societies Act, 1989

Register of directors, etc.

66.—(1) Every building society shall keep at its chief office or, with the consent in writing of the Central Bank, at one or more of the offices of the society other than its chief office a register containing the following particulars relating to each director, the chief executive and the secretary of the society—

(a) his present surname and forenames and any former names and, in the case of a person known by a title different from his “surname”, that title;

(b) his usual residential address;

(c) his place and date of birth;

(d) his nationality;

(e) in the case of a director, his business occupation (if any); and

(f) particulars of any other directorships of bodies corporate, whether incorporated in the State or elsewhere, held by him or which have been held by him within the preceding 5 years.

(2) (a) A society shall within the appropriate period referred to in paragraph (b), send to the Central Bank a return in such form as it may require of the particulars contained in a register under this section and a notification of any change in the register, together with the date of such change.

(b) The periods mentioned in paragraph (a) are—

(i) in the case of the return, 14 days from the commencement of this section where a society is incorporated before such commencement, and 14 days from the date of appointment of the first directors where a society is incorporated after such commencement; and

(ii) in the case of a change, 14 days from the change.

(3) Any member of a society or any other person may require a copy of the register, or of any part thereof on payment of such fee as the Central Bank may fix, and the society shall cause any copy so required to be sent to the person within a period of 10 days after the day on which the request for the copy is received by the society.

(4) A register under this section shall be open to inspection by any member free of charge, and by any other person on payment of such fee as the Central Bank may fix, subject to such reasonable restrictions as the society concerned may impose at a general meeting, but so that not less than 2 hours in each business day be allowed for inspection.