Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024

Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 Permanent Page URL View by Section Amharc de réir Ailt View Full Act Amharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRí arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Open PDF Oscail PDF Priontáil an tAcht Iomlán Previous Section Alt Roimhe Next Section An Chéad Alt Eile Priontáil an tAlt 44 2024 COMPANIES (CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, ENFORCEMENT AND REGULATORY PROVISIONS) ACT 2024 PART 1 Preliminary and General 1. Short title and commencement 2. Definition 3. Repeals and amendments PART 2 Amendment of Principal Act 4. Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act 5. Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act 6. Amendment of section 35 of Principal Act 7. Execution of instruments consisting of several documents in like form 8. Amendment of section 50 of Principal Act 9. Registrar may request evidence of situation of registered office 10. Amendment of section 132 of Principal Act 11. Amendment of section 176 of Principal Act 12. Participation in general meetings by use of electronic communications technology 13. Amendment of section 181 of Principal Act 14. Amendment of section 187 of Principal Act 15. Amendment of section 198 of Principal Act 16. Amendment of section 203 of Principal Act 17. Amendment of section 204 of Principal Act 18. Amendment of section 205 of Principal Act 19. Amendment of section 206 of Principal Act 20. Amendment of section 207 of Principal Act 21. Amendment of section 343 of Principal Act 22. Audit exemption (non-group situation) not available in certain cases 23. Amendment of section 393 of Principal Act 24. Amendment of section 430 of Principal Act 25. Amendment of section 436 of Principal Act 26. Amendment of section 441 of Principal Act 27. Remuneration of receivers 28. Amendment of section 444 of Principal Act 29. Amendment of section 462 of Principal Act 30. Amendment of section 463 of Principal Act 31. Amendment of section 558A of Principal Act 32. Amendment of section 558B of Principal Act 33. Amendment of section 558C of Principal Act 34. Amendment of section 558I of Principal Act 35. Amendment of section 558K of Principal Act 36. Amendment of section 558R of Principal Act 37. Amendment of section 558Y of Principal Act 38. Amendment of section 558Z of Principal Act 39. Amendment of section 558ZA of Principal Act 40. Amendment of section 558ZC of Principal Act 41. Amendment of section 558ZD of Principal Act 42. Amendment of section 558ZK of Principal Act 43. Amendment of section 558ZM of Principal Act 44. Amendment of section 558ZN of Principal Act 45. Amendment of section 558ZO of Principal Act 46. Amendment of section 558ZR of Principal Act 47. Amendment of section 558ZW of Principal Act 48. Amendment of section 558ZX of Principal Act 49. Amendment of section 558ZY of Principal Act 50. Amendment of section 558ZAD of Principal Act 51. Amendment of section 592 of Principal Act 52. Amendment of section 641 of Principal Act 53. Amendment of section 680 of Principal Act 54. Amendment of section 683 of Principal Act 55. Amendment of section 705 of Principal Act 56. Amendment of section 706 of Principal Act 57. Amendment of section 723 of Principal Act 58. Insertion of sections 724A and 724B in Principal Act 59. Amendment of section 726 of Principal Act 60. Amendment of section 727 of Principal Act 61. Amendment of section 728 of Principal Act 62. Amendment of section 729 of Principal Act 63. Amendment of section 737 of Principal Act 64. Amendment of section 740 of Principal Act 65. Amendment of section 792 of Principal Act 66. Offence of obstructing, interfering with or impeding officer of Authority 67. Amendment of section 795 of Principal Act 68. Amendment of section 819 of Principal Act 69. Amendment of section 823 of Principal Act 70. Amendment of section 863 of Principal Act 71. Information on composition of board of directors by reference to gender 72. Amendment of section 891 of Principal Act 73. Amendment of section 905 of Principal Act 74. Amendment of section 915 of Principal Act 75. Amendment of section 930 of Principal Act 76. Amendment of section 934 of Principal Act 77. Interim direction required to protect public 78. Amendment of section 941 of Principal Act 79. Amendment of section 944A of Principal Act 80. Amendment of section 944G of Principal Act 81. Amendment of section 944I of Principal Act 82. Amendment of section 944O of Principal Act 83. Amendment of section 944Q of Principal Act 84. Amendment of section 1062 of Principal Act 85. Record date for participation and voting in general meeting 86. Application of section 176A in relation to PLCs 87. Amendment of section 1129 of Principal Act 88. Amendment of section 1551 of Principal Act PART 3 89. Participation in general meetings by use of electronic communications technology 90. Amendment of Registration of Business Names Act 1963 SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 2 Consequential Amendments Companies Act 2014 (No. 38) Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 (No. 6) Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Act 1978 (No. 23) Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict., c. 39) Probation of Offenders Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7 c. 17) Registration of Business Names Act 1963 (No. 30) 44 2024 COMPANIES (CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, ENFORCEMENT AND REGULATORY PROVISIONS) ACT 2024 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 th November , 2024] Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: