S.I. No. 450/2011 - Companies (Forms) (No. 2) Order 2011.

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Companies (Forms) (No. 2) Order 2011.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on 1 September 2011.

2. In this Order “Act of 1999” means the

Companies (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1999

(No. 30 of 1999).

3. (1) The form set out in Part 1 of the Schedule is prescribed for the purposes of subsection (6) of section 195 (inserted by

section 51

of the

Companies Act 1990

(No. 33 of 1990)) of the

Companies Act 1963

(No. 33 of 1963).

(2) The form set out in Part 2 of the Schedule is prescribed for the purposes of—

(

a

) subsection (1) of

section 3

of the

Companies (Amendment) Act 1982

(No. 10 of 1982),

(

b

) subsection (5) of

section 5

of the

Companies (Amendment) Act 1983

(No. 13 of 1983), and

(

c

) subsection (2) of section 42 of the Act of 1999.

(3) The form set out in Part 3 of the Schedule is prescribed for the purposes of subsection (2) of section 44 of the Act of 1999.

4. The following are revoked

(

a

) Articles 4 and 5 of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to, the Companies (Forms) (No. 2) Order 2004 (

S.I. No. 829 of 2004

);

(

b

) Article 10 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Companies (Forms) Order 2008 (

S.I. No. 350 of 2008

).

SCHEDULE

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

1 September 2011.

RICHARD BRUTON,

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The purpose of this Order is to prescribe forms to be used for the purposes of certain provisions of the Companies Acts 1963 to 2009. The requirement that an Irish-registered company must have an Irish resident director was replaced by a requirement to have an European Economic Area resident director pursuant to the

Companies (Amendment) Act 2009

.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

9

th September

, 2011.

I, RICHARD BRUTON, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 195

(6) and

396

of the

Companies Act 1963

(No. 33 of 1963),

section 3

(1) of the

Companies (Amendment) Act 1982

(No. 10 of 1982),

sections 5

(5) and

59

of the

Companies (Amendment) Act 1983

(No. 13 of 1983) and

sections 3

,

42

(2) and

44

(2) of the

Companies (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1999

(No. 30 of 1999) (as adapted by the Enterprise, Trade and Innovation (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (

S.I. No. 245 of 2011

)), hereby order as follows