Companies (Statutory Audits) Act 2018

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Short title, collective citations, construction and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Companies (Statutory Audits) Act 2018.

(2) The Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 2014 and section 54 (in so far as that section relates to the definition of “Act of 1893”) and sections 55 to 61 and 68 may be cited together as the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 2018 and shall be read together as one.

(3) The Friendly Societies Acts 1896 to 2014 and section 54 (in so far as that section relates to the definition of “Act of 1896”) and sections 62 to 67 may be cited together as the Friendly Societies Acts 1896 to 2018 and shall be read together as one.

(4) The Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts 1938 to 2009, the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Act 2014 and section 69 may be cited together as the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts 1938 to 2018.

(5) The Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Acts 1947 to 2015 and section 70 may be cited together as the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Acts 1947 to 2018.

(6) The Electoral Acts 1992 to 2016 and sections 71 and 73 may be cited together as the Electoral Acts 1992 to 2018 and shall be read together as one.

(7) The Credit Union Acts 1997 to 2012 and section 72 may be cited together as the Credit Union Acts 1997 to 2018 and shall be read together as one.

(8) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation may by order or orders appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes and different provisions.