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Better Regulation provides a definitive One-stop library of every past and present Better Regulation collates and publishes
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www.betterregulation.com/trial 9Content and coverage
Unrivalled and comprehensive database of up-to-the-minute legislation, latest news and relevant documents, all accessible in one place.
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Financial Services Law
Every statute, including the Companies Complete one-stop resource for Bribery
Consolidated and current domestic
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of Ireland, Departments, the Financial
Director of Corporate Enforcement, Wolfsberg Group.
Services and Pensions Ombudsman
Department of Business, Enterprise
and the Revenue Commissioners, plus
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EU, international and industry bodies.
Group and the Irish Takeover Panel. publications by sanctioned country,
and coverage also includes settlement
agreements from the CBI for breaches
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The Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 is safety, protection of employees and
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related TCA Guidance Notes and cross- industry we also publish updates and
references to the Finance Acts. Also includes publications from the guidance from the Irish Data Protection
Workplace Relations Commission, Commissioner and material from
Health and Safety Authority, and European and international bodies.
Revenue Commissioners.
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Pensions Law coverage includes fully IFRS & Accounting
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1. Document tracking
Documents are tracked from draft to enactment and then
7. Tagged and classified
styled in the Better Regulation format.
Documents and provisions are intelligently tagged with
practice areas, topics and regulated activity types.
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document cited references are incorporated and hyperlinked. Better Regulation is kept up-to-date in real time, with email
notification of significant changes, so there is minimal effort
3. Defined terms involved in keeping abreast of regulatory change.
Definitions are hyperlinked both within the document and
to external definitions where required, providing immediate
9. Consolidation
access to interpretation via our unique glossary side bar.
Amendments are inserted into the original text to bring the
document up-to-date. Amended text is indicated by footnotes
4. Legislative commencements and applicabilities supplying detail and the date amendments are effective.
Commencements, applicabilities, orders and standards are Original text and all previous amendments can be accessed
incorporated to provide up-to-date operational status. via versions to provide a complete amendment history and
audit trail of amendments to that provision.
5. Secondary and associated legislation
For comprehensive overview, associated and prescribed 10. Result
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specifically designed to simplify the operation of the
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6. Commentaries, guides and quicklinks
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Extensive references to guides, commentaries and useful
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particular area.
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