Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023
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Number 28 of 2023 | ||
SCREENING OF THIRD COUNTRY TRANSACTIONS ACT 2023 | ||
CONTENTS | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Section | ||
Notification and Review of Transactions | ||
11. Deemed compliance with requirement to notify Minister of transaction | ||
12. Review of transactions with regard to security or public order of State | ||
14. Issuing of screening notice to parties to transaction being reviewed by Minister | ||
15. Qualification of obligation to issue screening notice in exceptional circumstances | ||
20. Calculation of period within which Minister shall make screening decision | ||
Appeals | ||
Adjudicators | ||
Review of decisions of Minister | ||
Exceptional provisions regarding sensitive material and evidence | ||
33. Designation of legal representatives in respect of certain matters | ||
Appeal against decision of adjudicator | ||
36. Treatment of evidence in relation to appeals against decision of adjudicator | ||
The Advisory Panel | ||
Acts Referred to | ||
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24) | ||
Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005 | ||
Companies Act 2014 (No. 38) | ||
Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4) | ||
Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (No. 22) | ||
Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001 | ||
Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23) | ||
Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (No. 65) | ||
Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict., c.93) | ||
Solicitor’s Act 1954 (No. 36) | ||
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Number 28 of 2023 | ||
SCREENING OF THIRD COUNTRY TRANSACTIONS ACT 2023 | ||
An Act to provide for a process to allow for certain transactions that may present risks to the security or public order of the State to be reviewed by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment; to empower the Minister to require the provision of information from certain persons for reviewing, and to make decisions and take certain actions in relation to, transactions that present risks to the security or public order of the State; to provide for a process for appealing certain decisions of the Minister with due regard to the potentially sensitive nature of the subject matter of the appeal, and for those purposes to establish a panel of persons to deal with appeals against certain decisions of the Minister under this Act; to establish a panel of persons to advise the Minister in relation to certain transactions; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 20191 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union; and to provide for related matters. | ||
[31st October, 2023] | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: | ||