S.I. No. 147/2016 - Companies Act 2014 (Section 839) Regulations 2016.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Companies Act 2014 (Section 839) Regulations 2016.

2. In these Regulations—

“Act of 2014” means the

Companies Act 2014

(No. 38 of 2014).

3. The offences under

section 6

and

7

of the

Competition Act 2002

(No. 14 of 2002) are prescribed for the purposes of section 839(1)(a) of the Act of 2014.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

23 March 2016.

RICHARD BRUTON,

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The purpose of these regulations is to prescribe certain enactments for the purposes of automatic disqualification on conviction of certain indictable offences pursuant to

section 839

(1)(a) of the

Companies Act 2014

.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

1

st April

, 2016.

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

section 12

and

839

(1)(a) of the

Companies Act 2014

(No. 38 of 2014), hereby make the following regulations