Investor Compensation Act, 1998

Amendment of section 14 of Act of 1995.

55.—Section 14 of the Act of 1995 is hereby amended in subsection (1) by the substitution for “Without prejudice to section 10 of this Act, where the supervisory authority grants an authorisation under that section, it may” of “The supervisory authority may, in respect of an authorised investment business firm, including an investment business firm which is deemed to be authorised under section 26 of this Act,” and the subsection as so amended is set out in the Table to this section.

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(1) The supervisory authority may, in respect of an authorised investment business firm, including an investment business firm which is deemed to be authorised under section 26 of this Act, do all or any of the following, namely:

(a) make its authorisation subject to such conditions or requirements, or both, as it considers fit, relating to the proper and orderly regulation and supervision of an authorised investment business firm,

(b) impose conditions or requirements or both which relate to matters in an associated undertaking or a related undertaking,

(c) at any time impose conditions or requirements or both on an authorised investment business firm and either amend or revoke any condition or requirement imposed under this paragraph or under paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection:

Provided the said conditions or requirements do not contravene any guidelines in that behalf which may be issued by the Minister to the supervisory authority from time to time in the interests of the proper and orderly regulation of investment business firms or the protection of investors or both and that the guidelines are published in the Iris Oifigiúil.