S.I. No. 339/2016 - Business Names Regulations 2016.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th July, 2016.

I, MARY MITCHELL O’CONNOR, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 17 of the Registration of Business Names Act 1963 (No. 30 of 1963) (as adapted by the Enterprise, Trade and Innovation (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 245/2011)), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Business Names Regulations 2016.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 3rd July 2016

3. (1) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Registration of Business Names Act 1963 (No. 30 of 1963).

(2) In these Regulations a reference to a Schedule is to a Schedule to these Regulations.

4. Whenever any act is required by the Act to be done by the registrar, such act shall be done by the registrar or by an assistant registrar or by any other officer authorised in that behalf by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

5. The fees set out in column 2 or 3 of Schedule 1 shall be paid to the registrar in respect of the items set out in column 1 of the said Schedule.

6. The forms set out in Schedule 2, with such variations as the circumstances in each case require, shall be the forms to be used under the Act.

7. The following Regulations are revoked:

(a) Business Names Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 291 of 2002 );

(b) Business Names Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 366 of 2005 );

(c) Business Names (No. 2) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 735 of 2005 );

SCHEDULE 1

FEES

SCHEDULE 2

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

29 June 2016.

MARY MITCHELL O’CONNOR,

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The purpose of these Regulations is to revoke all previous Regulations made on foot of the Registration of Business Names Act 1963 , and replace them with a consolidated version which reflects the current fees being charged, and forms being issued, by the registrar of companies in relation to the registration of business names. The forms used for registering a business name have been altered by these Regulations.