S.I. No. 98/2021 - Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020 (Part 4) (Commencement) Order 2021

1. This Order may be cited as the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020 (Part 4) (Commencement) Order 2021.

2. The 15th day of March 2021 is appointed as the day on which Part 4 of the

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020

(No. 23 of 2020) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

5 March, 2021.

LEO VARADKAR,

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.

)

Part 4 of the

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020

provides for miscellaneous amendments to the

Companies Act 2014

to facilitate the operation of a substitute securities settlement system, compatible with the law of the European Union.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

9

th March,

2021.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 2

(1)(c) of the

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020

(No. 23 of 2020), hereby order as follows