S.I. No. 328/2025 - Companies Act 2014 (Forms) Regulations 2025

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 18th July, 2025.

I, NIAMH SMYTH, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 12 (1), 83 (6), 288 (4) and 346 (2)(b) of the Companies Act 2014 (No. 38 of 2014) (as adapted by the Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025 ( S.I. No. 172 of 2025 )) and the Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2025 ( S.I. No. 241 of 2025 ), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Companies Act 2014 (Forms) Regulations 2025.

2. In these Regulations—

“Act of 2014” means the Companies Act 2014 (No. 38 of 2014);

“Regulations of 2019” means the European Union (Qualifying Partnerships: Accounting and Auditing) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 597 of 2019 ).

3. The form (Form B7) set out in Part 1 of the Schedule is substituted for the form set out in Schedule 1 of the Companies Act 2014 (Forms) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 212 of 2015 ).

4. The form (Form QP83) set out in Part 2 of the Schedule is prescribed for the purposes of section 288(4) of the Act of 2014 as applied by Regulation 7 of the Regulations of 2019.

5. The form (Form QP73) set out in Part 3 of the Schedule is prescribed for the purposes of section 346(2)(b) of the Act of 2014 as applied by Regulation 7 of the Regulations of 2019.

SCHEDULE

Regulation 3

PART 1

Regulation 4

PART 2

Regulation 5

PART 3

GIVEN under my hand,

15 July 2025

NIAMH SMYTH,

Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The purpose of these Regulations is to prescribe an amended form for the purposes of section 83 (6) of the Companies Act 2014 and to prescribe forms for a qualifying partnership for the purposes of sections 288(4) and 346(2)(b) of that Act as applied by the European Union (Qualifying Partnerships: Accounting and Auditing) Regulations 2019.