8.—(1) Sections 503 to 506 of the Companies Act 2006 (signature of auditor’s report) apply in relation to the auditor’s report required by regulation 3(1)(b), subject to—
(a)any necessary modifications to take account of the fact that the insurance undertaking is unincorporated, and
(b)the modifications made by paragraph (2).
(2) The modifications are—
(a)in section 505(1)(b) and section 506(2)(b), the references to the Secretary of State are to be construed as references to the Authority, and
(b)in section 506(1)(b), the reference to the copy of the report delivered to the registrar under Chapter 10 of Part 15 (filing of accounts and reports) is to be construed as a reference to any copy of the report made available for inspection by, or supplied to, the Authority.
(3) The reference to section 505 of the Companies Act 2006 in regulation 3(3)(d) is to be construed in accordance with this regulation.