Explanatory Memorandum to Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 Explanatory Memorandum

Article 4: Disqualification undertakings: general

This Article makes provision for directors, whom the Department considers unfit, to consent to a period of disqualification without the need for court involvement by giving a disqualification undertaking to the Department. The period of disqualification would be for a maximum of fifteen years in cases where the company has become insolvent or on the basis of a report produced by an inspector who has been appointed to investigate its affairs.

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