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Number 44 of 2024
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COMPANIES (CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, ENFORCEMENT AND REGULATORY PROVISIONS) ACT 2024
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CONTENTS
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PART 1
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Preliminary and General
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Section
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1. Short title and commencement
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2. Definition
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3. Repeals and amendments
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PART 2
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Amendment of Principal Act
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4. Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act
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5. Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act
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6. Amendment of section 35 of Principal Act
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7. Execution of instruments consisting of several documents in like form
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8. Amendment of section 50 of Principal Act
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9. Registrar may request evidence of situation of registered office
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10. Amendment of section 132 of Principal Act
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11. Amendment of section 176 of Principal Act
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12. Participation in general meetings by use of electronic communications technology
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13. Amendment of section 181 of Principal Act
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14. Amendment of section 187 of Principal Act
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15. Amendment of section 198 of Principal Act
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16. Amendment of section 203 of Principal Act
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17. Amendment of section 204 of Principal Act
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18. Amendment of section 205 of Principal Act
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19. Amendment of section 206 of Principal Act
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20. Amendment of section 207 of Principal Act
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21. Amendment of section 343 of Principal Act
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22. Audit exemption (non-group situation) not available in certain cases
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23. Amendment of section 393 of Principal Act
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24. Amendment of section 430 of Principal Act
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25. Amendment of section 436 of Principal Act
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26. Amendment of section 441 of Principal Act
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27. Remuneration of receivers
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28. Amendment of section 444 of Principal Act
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29. Amendment of section 462 of Principal Act
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30. Amendment of section 463 of Principal Act
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31. Amendment of section 558A of Principal Act
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32. Amendment of section 558B of Principal Act
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33. Amendment of section 558C of Principal Act
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34. Amendment of section 558I of Principal Act
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35. Amendment of section 558K of Principal Act
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36. Amendment of section 558R of Principal Act
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37. Amendment of section 558Y of Principal Act
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38. Amendment of section 558Z of Principal Act
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39. Amendment of section 558ZA of Principal Act
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40. Amendment of section 558ZC of Principal Act
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41. Amendment of section 558ZD of Principal Act
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42. Amendment of section 558ZK of Principal Act
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43. Amendment of section 558ZM of Principal Act
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44. Amendment of section 558ZN of Principal Act
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45. Amendment of section 558ZO of Principal Act
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46. Amendment of section 558ZR of Principal Act
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47. Amendment of section 558ZW of Principal Act
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48. Amendment of section 558ZX of Principal Act
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49. Amendment of section 558ZY of Principal Act
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50. Amendment of section 558ZAD of Principal Act
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51. Amendment of section 592 of Principal Act
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52. Amendment of section 641 of Principal Act
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53. Amendment of section 680 of Principal Act
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54. Amendment of section 683 of Principal Act
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55. Amendment of section 705 of Principal Act
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56. Amendment of section 706 of Principal Act
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57. Amendment of section 723 of Principal Act
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58. Insertion of sections 724A and 724B in Principal Act
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59. Amendment of section 726 of Principal Act
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60. Amendment of section 727 of Principal Act
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61. Amendment of section 728 of Principal Act
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62. Amendment of section 729 of Principal Act
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63. Amendment of section 737 of Principal Act
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64. Amendment of section 740 of Principal Act
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65. Amendment of section 792 of Principal Act
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66. Offence of obstructing, interfering with or impeding officer of Authority
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67. Amendment of section 795 of Principal Act
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68. Amendment of section 819 of Principal Act
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69. Amendment of section 823 of Principal Act
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70. Amendment of section 863 of Principal Act
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71. Information on composition of board of directors by reference to gender
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72. Amendment of section 891 of Principal Act
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73. Amendment of section 905 of Principal Act
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74. Amendment of section 915 of Principal Act
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75. Amendment of section 930 of Principal Act
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76. Amendment of section 934 of Principal Act
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77. Interim direction required to protect public
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78. Amendment of section 941 of Principal Act
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79. Amendment of section 944A of Principal Act
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80. Amendment of section 944G of Principal Act
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81. Amendment of section 944I of Principal Act
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82. Amendment of section 944O of Principal Act
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83. Amendment of section 944Q of Principal Act
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84. Amendment of section 1062 of Principal Act
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85. Record date for participation and voting in general meeting
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86. Application of section 176A in relation to PLCs
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87. Amendment of section 1129 of Principal Act
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88. Amendment of section 1551 of Principal Act
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PART 3
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Amendment of other Acts of Oireachtas
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89. Participation in general meetings by use of electronic communications technology
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90. Amendment of Registration of Business Names Act 1963
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SCHEDULE 1
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Repeals
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SCHEDULE 2
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Consequential Amendments
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Acts Referred to
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Companies Act 2014
(No. 38)
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Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010
(No. 6)
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Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Act 1978
(No. 23)
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Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893
(56 & 57 Vict., c. 39)
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Probation of Offenders Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7 c. 17)
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Registration of Business Names Act 1963
(No. 30)
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Number 44 of 2024
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COMPANIES (CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, ENFORCEMENT AND REGULATORY PROVISIONS) ACT 2024
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An Act to provide for the conduct of, and participation in, general meetings of a company or industrial and provident society by the use of electronic communications technology; to repeal certain provisions of the
Companies Act 2014
and the
Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893
; to provide for the circumstances in which a company is not entitled to an audit exemption under
section 358
of the
Companies Act 2014
; to provide for the disapplication of the
Probation of Offenders Act 1907
to an offence under
section 343
of the
Companies Act 2014
; to make certain amendments to the rescue process for small and micro companies; to provide for additional grounds for involuntary strike off of companies; to extend the list of competent authorities to which the Authority may disclose information, books or documents under
section 792
of the
Companies Act 2014
; to provide for an offence of obstructing, interfering with or impeding an officer of the Corporate Enforcement Authority; to enable the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority to use money paid into the reserve fund in accordance with
section 919
of the
Companies Act 2014
in the performance of its functions under section 934 of that Act; to enable the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority to issue an interim direction in certain circumstances; to enable specified bodies to disclose information to the Corporate Enforcement Authority under section 944Q of the
Companies Act 2014
; and for those purposes, and other purposes, to amend the
Companies Act 2014
, the
Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893
, and the
Registration of Business Names Act 1963
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[12th November, 2024]
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Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
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