Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020

Notice of rescheduled general meeting

8. The Act of 1997 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 80:

“80A. (1) Notwithstanding section 80 but subject to subsection (2), notice for the purposes of section 78A(10) or 78B(9), as the case may be, shall be given in the same manner as the notice for the general meeting referred to in section 80 but where, in the opinion of the board of directors, giving such notice in that manner is not reasonably practicable, notice shall be given—

(a) where the credit union has a website, on that website,

(b) by email to every member for whom the credit union has an email address, and

(c) in at least one national newspaper published in the State and circulating in the area in which the registered office of the credit union is situated.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply where all members agree in writing to the cancellation, change of venue or change of means of holding the general meeting concerned, or to dispensing with notice for the general meeting.”.