(LRC Revised)

Number 46 of 2013

COMPANIES (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2013

REVISED

Updated to 1 January 2019

Changes to legislation

as of 10 July 2026, this Act is up to date with all changes known to be in force.

This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013

. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under

the

Law Reform Commission Act 1975

(3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation

of statute law.

All Acts up to and including

Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Act 2018

(42/2018), enacted 27 December 2018, and all statutory instruments up to and including

Criminal Justice (Suspended Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order

2019

(S.I. No. 1 of 2019), made 3 January 2018, were considered in the preparation of

this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act,

the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees,

undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature

of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from

any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email

to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

Number

46

of

2013

COMPANIES (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2013

REVISED

Updated to 1 January 2019

CONTENTS

Section

1. Definition

2. Amendment of Companies (Amendment) Act 1990

3. Amendment of sections 7, 17 and 18 of Companies (Amendment) Act 1986

4. Amendment of section 128 of Companies Act 1963

5. Designated officers: provision for certain contingencies that may arise in relation

to them

6. Disclosure of information to Director of Corporate Enforcement or his or her officers

7. Amendment of Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003

8. Provision in respect of certain discretion afforded by Commission Decision 2011/30/EU

9. Amendment of Personal Insolvency Act 2012

10. Amendment of Bankruptcy Act 1988

11. Short title, construction and commencement

Acts Referred to

Bankruptcy Act 1988

(No. 27)

Companies (Amendment) Act 1986

(No. 25)

Companies (Amendment) Act 1990

(No. 27)

Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003

(No. 44)

Companies Act 1963

(No. 33)

Companies Act 1990

(No. 33)

Companies Acts

Company Law Enforcement Act 2001

(No. 28)

Finance Act 2011

(No. 6)

Personal Insolvency Act 2012

(No. 44)

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

(No. 39)

Number

46

of

2013

COMPANIES (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2013

REVISED

Updated to 1 January 2019

An Act to amend the

Companies (Amendment) Act 1990

with respect to the jurisdiction of the courts in examinerships, to amend

sections 7

,

17

and

18

of the

Companies (Amendment) Act 1986

and

section 128

of the

Companies Act 1963

, to make further provision about the duties and powers of designated officers in

circumstances where search warrants have been issued under

section 20

of the

Companies Act 1990

, to amend the

Company Law Enforcement Act 2001

by substituting a new section for section 18 thereof, to amend the

Personal Insolvency Act 2012

in relation to sections 25, 26, 27, 43 and 44 of that Act, to amend the

Bankruptcy Act 1988

in relation to sections 17(2), 105(2), 130, 140A, 140B and 141 of that Act, to enable

levies to be imposed on statutory auditors and audit firms with respect to the external

quality assurance of certain of their activities in the field of statutory audits,

to enable the State to make provision in respect of a matter that Article 2(4) of

Commission Decision 2011/30/EU of 19 January 2011 permits Member States to make provision

in respect of and to provide for related matters.

[24

th December

, 2013]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows

CONTENTS

Section

1. Definition

2. Amendment of Companies (Amendment) Act 1990

3. Amendment of sections 7, 17 and 18 of Companies (Amendment) Act 1986

4. Amendment of section 128 of Companies Act 1963

5. Designated officers: provision for certain contingencies that may arise in relation

to them

6. Disclosure of information to Director of Corporate Enforcement or his or her officers

7. Amendment of Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003

8. Provision in respect of certain discretion afforded by Commission Decision 2011/30/EU

9. Amendment of Personal Insolvency Act 2012

10. Amendment of Bankruptcy Act 1988

11. Short title, construction and commencement

Number

46

of

2013