Central Bank Act, 1997

Amendment of Stock Transfer Act, 1963 .

83.—The Stock Transfer Act, 1963 , is hereby amended—

(a) in section 2, by the substitution—

(i) in paragraphs (d) and (e) (inserted by the Stock Transfer (Forms) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 77 of 1991 )) of subsection (1), and

(ii) in subsection (5) (inserted by those Regulations),

for “Gilts Settlement Office”, in each place where it occurs, of “Central Bank of Ireland Securities Settlements Office”, and

(b) in section 5, by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4) (inserted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1977 ):

“(5) The Minister, having consulted with the Bank, may by regulation provide for the substitution for the references in that section of that name, of references to another name.”.