Finance (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Act 2019

Amendment of section 1363 of Act of 2014

22. Section 1363 of the Act of 2014 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “the Domestic Regulations” for “Irish prospectus law”,

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) in each place where it occurs, other than in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “EU prospectus law or Irish prospectus law” for “Irish prospectus law”, and

(ii) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “EU prospectus law and Irish prospectus law” for “Irish prospectus law”,

(c) by the deletion of subsection (3),

(d) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “EU prospectus law or Irish prospectus law” for “Irish prospectus law” in each place where it occurs,

(e) in subsection (6)—

(i) by the substitution of “EU prospectus law or Irish prospectus law” for “Irish prospectus law”, and

(ii) by the substitution of “Prospectus Regulation” for “2003 Prospectus Directive”,

(f) by the substitution of the following for subsection (7):

“(7) The provisions of the Domestic Regulations that relate to the imposition of administrative sanctions shall apply in relation to a contravention of rules under this section as they apply in relation to a contravention of a provision of EU prospectus law and, accordingly, a sanction that may be imposed pursuant to those provisions of the Domestic Regulations in respect of a contravention of a provision of EU prospectus law may, in accordance with the Domestic Regulations, be imposed in respect of a contravention of rules under this section.”,

and

(g) in subsection (8), by the substitution of “EU prospectus law or Irish prospectus law” for “Irish prospectus law”.