| Companies Act 2014 | |
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| Oireachtas | |
| Signed by | Michael D. Higgins |
| Commenced | 23 December 2014 |
| Status: In force | |
The Companies Act 2014 (No. 38 of 2014)[1] was signed into law by President Michael D. Higgins on 23 December 2014 to regulate companies under Irish law. It was a consolidating and reforming piece of legislation, incorporating many of the provisions of the previous Companies Act 1963–2012 listed below.
Previous Companies Acts
To facilitate easy citation of the entire body of law affecting companies, each of the acts prior to 2005 includes a collective citation section which enables them to be collectively cited as "The Companies Acts 1963 - [year of current enactment]". The Interpretation Act, 2005 provided that the Companies Acts 1963 to 2001 may be referred to as "The Companies Acts". Legislation enacted subsequent to the Interpretation Act, 2005[2] includes a section providing that "the Companies Acts and this Act shall be read as one" (e.g. Section 11 of The Companies (Amendment) Act 2009[3]). Therefore, it was then appropriate to cite the entire body of legislation in Ireland affecting companies as "The Companies Acts".
- Companies Act, 1963[4]
- Companies (Amendment) Act, 1977[5]
- Companies (Amendment) Act, 1982[6]
- Companies (Amendment) Act, 1983[7]
- Designated Investment Funds Act, 1985[8]
- Companies (Amendment) Act 1986[9]
- Companies (Amendment) Act, 1990[10]
- Companies Act, 1990[11]
- Companies (Amendment) Act, 1999[12]
- Companies (Amendment) (Number 2) Act, 1999[13]
- Company Law Enforcement Act, 2001[14]
- Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act, 2003[15]
- Companies (Amendment) Act 2009[16]
- Companies (Amendment) Act 2012[17]
References
- ^ Companies Act, 2014
- ^ Interpretation Act, 2005 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ Section 11 of The Companies (Amendment) Act 2009 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ Companies Act, 1963 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ Companies (Amendment) Act, 1977 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ Companies (Amendment) Act, 1982 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ Companies (Amendment) Act, 1983 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ Designated Investment Funds Act, 1985 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ Companies (Amendment) Act 1986 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ Companies (Amendment) Act, 1990 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ Companies Act, 1990 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ Companies (Amendment) Act, 1999 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ Companies (Amendment) (Number 2) Act, 1999 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ Company Law Enforcement Act, 2001 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act, 2003 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ Companies (Amendment) Act 2009 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ Companies (Amendment) Act 2012 Retrieved 2013-02-18.