Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008
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Registration of freezing co-operation orders. |
37.— (1) Where a freezing co-operation order is made in relation to land, or an order is made varying or discharging such an order, the registrar of the High Court shall send to the Property Registration Authority a notice of the making of the order, together with a copy of the order. | |
(2) On receipt of those documents the Authority shall— | ||
(a) if the land is registered land, cause an entry to be made in the register kept by it under the Registration of Deeds and Title Acts 1964 and 2006 inhibiting, until the order is discharged, any dealing with the land and any charge thereon, and | ||
(b) if the order is subsequently varied or discharged, cause the entry to be varied accordingly or cancelled, as the case may be. | ||
(3) If subsection (2)(a) does not apply, the Authority shall cause the notice of the making, variation or discharge of the freezing co-operation order to be registered in the register of deeds maintained by the Authority under section 35 of the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 . | ||
(4) Where a freezing co-operation order is made which affects an interest in a company or its property, or an order is made varying or discharging such an order, the registrar of the High Court shall send to the Registrar of Companies a notice of the making of the order, together with a copy of the order. | ||
(5) On receipt of those documents the Registrar of Companies shall, if the company is a registered company, cause the notice to be entered in the Register of Companies and— | ||
(a) if the company is an existing company within the meaning of the Companies Acts 1963 to 2006, send a copy of the notice to each director and the secretary of the company at the company’s registered office, or | ||
(b) in any other case, send a copy of the notice by post to the person resident in the State who has been authorised to accept, on behalf of the company concerned, service of process and any notices required to be served on it. | ||
(6) In this section— | ||
“Register of Companies” means the Register of Companies maintained under the Companies Acts 1963 to 2006; | ||
“registered company” means— | ||
(a) a company formed and registered under those Acts, | ||
(b) an existing company within the meaning of those Acts, or | ||
(c) a company registered under Part XI of the Companies Act 1963 or the European Communities (Branch Disclosure) Regulations 1993 ( S.I. No. 395 of 1993 ). |