Company Law Enforcement Act, 2001

Amendment of section 21 of Act of 1990.

31.—Section 21(1) of the Act of 1990 is amended—

(a) by the substitution for “Minister” (wherever occurring, except in paragraph (d)) of “Director”,

(b) by the substitution of the following for clause (V) of paragraph (a)(i):

“(V) the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 , or an offence under an enactment referred to in section 1078(1) of that Act;”,

(c) by the insertion of the following after paragraph (f):

“(fa) for the purpose of the performance by the Competition Authority of any of its functions;

(fb) for the purpose of the performance by a committee (being a committee within the meaning of the Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Compellability, Privileges and Immunities of Witnesses) Act, 1997 , to which sections 3 to 14 and 16 of that Act apply) of any of its functions;”,

and

(d) in paragraph (g), by the substitution of the following for subparagraph (ii):

“(ii) any body to which the Director has given a direction under section 19 or any person named in a report relating to an examination under that section;”.