The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 No. 948

SCHEDULE 1 AMENDMENTS COMING INTO FORCE ON 6TH APRIL 2008

PART 1 AMENDMENTS ABOUT ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT AS AUDITOR AND RELATED MATTERS

Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c.29)

24.—(1) Paragraph 8(5) of Schedule 18 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (accounts of London Transport Users’ Committee) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (a), for “company auditor under Part II of the Companies Act 1989” substitute “statutory auditor under Part 42 of the Companies Act 2006”.

(3) For paragraph (b)(1), substitute—

“(b) if the appointment were an appointment as a statutory auditor, he would not be prohibited from acting by section 1214 of that Act (independence requirement).”.

(1)

Paragraph 8(5)(b) was amended by the Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2194 (C. 84)), Schedule 4, paragraph 91.