Ireland · Branches, existing bodies, public offers and investment companies
Registering an unregistered body corporate and registering a joint stock company
the Companies Act 2014 · sections 1312, 1316 to 1319, 1322, 1338 to 1340, 1342, 1344 and 1345
An application to register an unregistered body corporate must be made within 30 days of the meeting
The consent process runs on a fixed sequence of days. Before a registration resolution is moved, a statement in accordance with section 1316(4) must be sent 21 days before the date of the meeting (section 1316(3)). The application must then be made within 30 days after the date of the meeting at which the assent was given (section 1316(7)). An application made outside that window requires the process to begin again.
The status of a body that comes into existence after commencement is fixed by the Act rather than by its own constitution. A body referred to in section 1312, other than an excluded body, that comes into existence on or after the commencement of the section is dealt with as section 1312(9) provides. A body that assumes it can carry on outside the Act because it predates a change in its own rules has misread the section.
Sections 1312 and 1316 to 1319 set out which bodies may be registered and what must be delivered
Sections 1312 and 1316 to 1319 govern the registration of unregistered bodies corporate as companies: which bodies may be registered, the resolution, the statement to members and the documents to be delivered. Section 1322 governs the further consequences of registration.
Sections 1338 to 1340, 1342, 1344 and 1345 govern the registration of joint stock companies. Before registration, the documents section 1339 lists must be delivered to the Registrar. Registration changes the legal regime under which the body operates, so obligations that did not previously apply begin to apply from the date of registration.
The system generates your ComplianceSME company passport and then walks you through the working files
Working files 170 and 171 of the IE-COMPANY agent toolkit cover this situation. Working file 170 works through the registration of an unregistered body corporate: the resolution, the statement, the dates and the documents delivered. Working file 171 works through the registration of a joint stock company and the documents section 1339 requires, and asks how the body's property and obligations were dealt with on registration.
- Working file 170 · Registration of unregistered bodies corporate as companies
- Working file 171 · Registration of joint stock companies
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