Companies Act 2014

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

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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

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1. ^ Companies Act, 2014
2. ^ Interpretation Act, 2005 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
3. ^ Section 11 of The Companies (Amendment) Act 2009 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
4. ^ Companies Act, 1963 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
5. ^ Companies (Amendment) Act, 1977 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
6. ^ Companies (Amendment) Act, 1982 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
7. ^ Companies (Amendment) Act, 1983 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
8. ^ Designated Investment Funds Act, 1985 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
9. ^ Companies (Amendment) Act 1986 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
10. ^ Companies (Amendment) Act, 1990 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
11. ^ Companies Act, 1990 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
12. ^ Companies (Amendment) Act, 1999 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
13. ^ Companies (Amendment) (Number 2) Act, 1999 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
14. ^ Company Law Enforcement Act, 2001 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
15. ^ Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act, 2003 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
16. ^ Companies (Amendment) Act 2009 Retrieved 2011-10-06.
17. ^ Companies (Amendment) Act 2012 Retrieved 2013-02-18.