Companies Act 2014 Explained

Short Title:	Companies Act 2014
Legislature:	Oireachtas
Signed By:	Michael D. Higgins
Date 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]

Notes and References

1. http://www.oireachtas.ie/viewdoc.asp?fn=/documents/bills28/acts/2014/a3814complete.pdf Companies Act, 2014
2. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2005/en/act/pub/0023/print.html#sched-partii Interpretation Act, 2005
3. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/act/pub/0020/sec0011.html#sec11 Section 11 of The Companies (Amendment) Act 2009
4. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1963/en/act/pub/0033/index.html Companies Act, 1963
5. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1977/en/act/pub/0031/index.html Companies (Amendment) Act, 1977
6. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1982/en/act/pub/0010/index.html Companies (Amendment) Act, 1982
7. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1983/en/act/pub/0013/index.html Companies (Amendment) Act, 1983
8. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1985/en/act/pub/0016/index.html Designated Investment Funds Act, 1985
9. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1986/en/act/pub/0025/index.html Companies (Amendment) Act 1986
10. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1990/en/act/pub/0027/index.html Companies (Amendment) Act, 1990
11. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1990/en/act/pub/0033/index.html Companies Act, 1990
12. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1999/en/act/pub/0008/index.html Companies (Amendment) Act, 1999
13. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1999/en/act/pub/0030/index.html Companies (Amendment) (Number 2) Act, 1999
14. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2001/en/act/pub/0028/index.html Company Law Enforcement Act, 2001
15. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2003/en/act/pub/0044/index.html Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act, 2003
16. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/act/pub/0020/index.html Companies (Amendment) Act 2009
17. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2012/en/act/pub/0022/index.html Companies (Amendment) Act 2012