The Scottish Milk Marketing Scheme (Consolidation) Approval Order 1989

Auditor

11.—(1) The Auditor or Auditors shall be appointed each year by the Annual General Meeting, but a person or firm other than the retiring Auditor or Auditors shall not be capable of being appointed Auditor or Auditors at the Annual General Meeting unless notice of intention to nominate that person or firm to the office has been given by a registered producer to the Secretary of the Board not later than the 28th day before the Meeting.

(2) No person or firm shall be eligible for appointment as Auditor or Auditors unless that person or firm would be eligible for appointment as Auditor or Auditors of a public limited liability company in terms of section 389 of the Companies Act 1985(1).

(3) In case of a vacancy the Board may appoint a person or firm qualified as aforesaid to act as temporary Auditor or Auditors until the next Annual General Meeting, but a person or firm so appointed shall not be deemed to be a retiring Auditor for the purposes of subsection (1).

(4) The Auditor shall not hold any other office in connection with the Scheme.