Explanatory Notes

Companies Act 2006

2006 CHAPTER 46

8 November 2006

Commentary

Schedule 11: Recognised Professional Qualifications

Part 2: Requirements for recognition of a professional qualification

Chapter 3: Auditors General
Section 1234: Suspension notices

1575.This section provides the Independent Supervisor with the power to suspend an Auditor General’s eligibility for appointment as a statutory auditor if, for example, he falls short of the standards laid down for performance of statutory audit work. It also sets out the provisions as to how the suspension will be effected, and the considerations pertaining to the decision to suspend. It provides for a process leading up to the issuing of a suspension notice, including the hearing of representations from the Auditor General in question.