Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2006

Public bill · Government · Presented

Raises the turnover and balance-sheet limits for companies that can avoid an audit, enables electronic ownership records for securities, and limits guarantors’ responsibility for prospectuses. It also strengthens transparency requirements for listed companies and major shareholders, gives regulators enforcement powers, updates takeover rules to reflect EU law, and removes the six-month limit on temporary appointments to the consumer affairs director’s role.

Formal long title

An Act to amend and extend the Companies Acts, the Irish Takeover Panel Act 1997, the Central Bank Act 1942 and the Consumer Information Act 1978, to provide for the implementation of Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 and to provide for related matters

Last updated 12 April 2018