S.I. No. 303/2009 - Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2009

1. This Order may be cited as the

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005

(Commencement) Order 2009.

2. The 1st day of September 2009 is appointed as the day on which sections 59 and 60 of the

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005

(No. 12 of 2005) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 July 2009

MARY COUGHLAN

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

This Order fixes 1 September 2009 as the date on which sections 59 and 60 of the Act comes into operation. These provisions allow for the reservation of a company name for a specified period of time prior to incorporation.

S.I. No. 303 of 2009

INVESTMENT FUNDS, COMPANIES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2005 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

4

th August

, 2009.

I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2(1) of the

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005

(No. 12 of 2005), hereby order as follows