 Subsequently, the Companies (Amendment) (No.2) Act 1999 was passed to give legislative effect to the recommendations of the Company Law Review Group which had been set up in 1994 by the then Minister for Enterprise and Employment to review the law relating to examinerships.The 1999 Act became effective on 1 February 2000 and made very substantial and significant changes to the examinership regime

Court procedures in relation to examinerships are set out in Order 75A of the Rules of the Superior Courts.