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Asset Management & Investment Funds: Legislation Programme Spring/Summer 2017

Bill

Purpose

Status

Investment Limited Partnership (Amendment) Bill

To amend certain existing collective investment scheme legislation, the Investment Limited Partnership Act 1994 and the Limited Partnership Act 1907.

Heads of bill under preparation, pre-legislative scrutiny to be determined

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill

To give effect to the 4th EU Money Laundering Directive, which, amongst other things requires the disclosure of beneficial ownership of shares in Irish companies. This must be transposed into Irish law by June 2017.

Pre-legislative scrutiny as soon as possible

Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill

 

To transpose certain provisions in the EU Audit Directive 2014/56/EU and the EU Regulation (537/2014) which are not capable of being transposed by way of the European Union (Statutory Audits) Regulations 2016.

Heads of bill are currently being drafted