SCHEDULE 8 Northern Ireland: Provision Corresponding to Sections 104 to 111

SCHEDULE 8 Northern Ireland: Provision Corresponding to Sections 104 to 111

Section 112

The Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002

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In this Schedule “the 2002 Order†means the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (SI 2002/3150 (NI 4)).

Convictions abroad

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(1)     After Article 8 of the 2002 Order insert—

“8A Disqualification for certain convictions abroad

(1)     If it appears to the Department that it is expedient in the public interest that a disqualification order under this Article should be made against a person, the Department may apply to the High Court for such an order.

(2)     The High Court may, on an application under paragraph (1), make a disqualification order against a person who has been convicted of a relevant foreign offence.

(3)     A “relevant foreign offence†is an offence committed outside Northern Ireland—

(a)     in connection with—

(i)     the promotion, formation, management, liquidation or striking off of a company (or any similar procedure),

(ii)     the receivership of a company's property (or any similar procedure), or

(iii)     a person being an administrative receiver of a company (or holding a similar position), and

(b)     which corresponds to an indictable offence under the

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