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The Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002
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Disqualification on summary conviction of offenceN.I.
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8.—(1) An offence counting for the purposes of this Article is one of which a person is convicted (either on indictment or on summary conviction) in consequence of a contravention of any [F1of the relevant provisions of the companies legislation] (whether the contravention is on the person's own part or on the part of any company).
(2) Where a person is convicted by a court of summary jurisdiction of an offence mentioned in paragraph (1), the court by which he is convicted, or any other court of summary jurisdictionF2..., may make a disqualification order against him if the circumstances specified in paragraph (3) are present.
[F3(3) Those circumstances are that, during the 5 years ending with the date of the conviction, there have been no fewer than 3 relevant findings of guilt in relation to the person.
(3A) For these purposes, there is a relevant finding of guilt in relation to the person if —
(a)the person is convicted of an offence counting for the purposes of this Article (including the offence of which the person is convicted as mentioned in paragraph (2) and any other offence of which the person is convicted on the same occasion),
(b)a financial penalty of the kind mentioned in Article 6(3)(aa) is imposed on the person, or
(c)a default order within the meaning of Article 6(3)(b) is made against the person.]
F4(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F5(4A) In this Article “relevant provisions of the companies legislation” has the meaning given by Article 6(3ZA).]
[F6(4B) In this Article “company” includes overseas company.]
(5) The maximum period of disqualification under this Article is 5 years.
F1Words in art. 8(1) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 34(2), 219(1)(2)(b)
F2Words in art. 8(2) repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 120(2), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
F3Art. 8(3)(3A) substituted for art. 8(3) (26.10.2023 for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 34(3), 219(1)(2)(b)
F4Art. 8(4) omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 34(4), 219(1)(2)(b)
F5Art. 8(4A) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 34(5), 219(1)(2)(b)
F6Art. 8(4B) inserted (1.10.2015) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 8 para. 9(7); S.I. 2015/1689, reg. 2(h)
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C1Art. 8 applied by S.I. 1989/638, reg. 20(2) (as inserted (1.10.2009) by European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2399)), {reg. 21(4)} (with reg. 2))
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