Companies Act 2014

Companies Act 2014
Oireachtas
Signed byMichael D. Higgins
Commenced23 December 2014
Status: In force

The Companies Act 2014 (No. 38 of 2014)[1] was signed into law by President Michael D. Higgins on 23 December 2014 to regulate companies under Irish law. It was a consolidating and reforming piece of legislation, incorporating many of the provisions of the previous Companies Act 1963–2012 listed below.

Previous Companies Acts

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To facilitate easy citation of the entire body of law affecting companies, each of the acts prior to 2005 includes a collective citation section which enables them to be collectively cited as "The Companies Acts 1963 - [year of current enactment]". The Interpretation Act, 2005 provided that the Companies Acts 1963 to 2001 may be referred to as "The Companies Acts". Legislation enacted subsequent to the Interpretation Act, 2005[2] includes a section providing that "the Companies Acts and this Act shall be read as one" (e.g. Section 11 of The Companies (Amendment) Act 2009[3]). Therefore, it was then appropriate to cite the entire body of legislation in Ireland affecting companies as "The Companies Acts".

  • Companies Act, 1963[4]
  • Companies (Amendment) Act, 1977[5]
  • Companies (Amendment) Act, 1982[6]
  • Companies (Amendment) Act, 1983[7]
  • Designated Investment Funds Act, 1985[8]
  • Companies (Amendment) Act 1986[9]
  • Companies (Amendment) Act, 1990[10]
  • Companies Act, 1990[11]
  • Companies (Amendment) Act, 1999[12]
  • Companies (Amendment) (Number 2) Act, 1999[13]
  • Company Law Enforcement Act, 2001[14]
  • Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act, 2003[15]
  • Companies (Amendment) Act 2009[16]
  • Companies (Amendment) Act 2012[17]

References

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  1. ^ Companies Act, 2014
  2. ^ Interpretation Act, 2005 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  3. ^ Section 11 of The Companies (Amendment) Act 2009 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  4. ^ Companies Act, 1963 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  5. ^ Companies (Amendment) Act, 1977 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  6. ^ Companies (Amendment) Act, 1982 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  7. ^ Companies (Amendment) Act, 1983 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  8. ^ Designated Investment Funds Act, 1985 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  9. ^ Companies (Amendment) Act 1986 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  10. ^ Companies (Amendment) Act, 1990 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  11. ^ Companies Act, 1990 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  12. ^ Companies (Amendment) Act, 1999 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  13. ^ Companies (Amendment) (Number 2) Act, 1999 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  14. ^ Company Law Enforcement Act, 2001 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  15. ^ Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act, 2003 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  16. ^ Companies (Amendment) Act 2009 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  17. ^ Companies (Amendment) Act 2012 Retrieved 2013-02-18.