Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2006

Amendment of sections 33C and 33AN of, and Schedule 2 to, Central Bank Act 1942.

34.— (1) Section 33C(1) of the Central Bank Act 1942 (inserted by the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 ) is amended by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (a):

“(ab) to perform the functions the Bank has under regulations for the time being in force under section 20 of the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2006;”.

(2) Section 33AN of the Central Bank Act 1942 (inserted by the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2004 ) is amended—

(a) by substituting the following definition for the definition of “ designated enactment” (inserted by the Act of 2005):

“ ‘ designated enactment’ does not include Part 4 or 5 of the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005 or Part 3 of the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2006;”,

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(b) by substituting the following definition for the definition of “ designated statutory instrument” (inserted by the Act of 2005):

“ ‘ designated statutory instrument’ does not include the Market Abuse (Directive 2003/6/EC) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 342 of 2005 ), the Prospectus (Directive 2003/71/EC) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 324 of 2005 ) or regulations for the time being in force under section 20 of the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2006;”.

(3) Schedule 2 to the Central Bank Act 1942 (inserted by the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 ) is amended by inserting in Part 1 the following item after the item relating to the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005 (inserted by the Act of 2005):

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Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2006

The whole Act

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