Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 31:

In page 61, after line 37, to insert the following:“(b) in section 183—

(i) in subsection (9), by the substitution of “previous death of the appointer” for “previous death or insanity of the appointer”, and

(ii) in subsection (10), by the substitution of “such death, revocation or transfer” for “such death, insanity, revocation or transfer”,”.

This is a technical amendment which is related to amendment No. 34. As I signalled on Committee Stage, the purpose of the amendments is to remove the terms "unsound mind" and "insanity" from the Companies Act 2014 and replace them with new terms. While the terms have been removed from the majority of company law provisions, just a few remain. The amendments will remove their remaining uses.

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