Companies Act 2006 (c. 46)

Part 42 U.K. Statutory Auditors

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 42 applied (with modifications) (4.4.2014 for specified purposes, 16.12.2014 in so far as not already in force) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 5 paras. 1-27 (with Sch. 13 para. 11); S.I. 2014/900, art. 2(j); S.I. 2014/3319, art. 2(e) (as amended: (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/177, regs. 2, 57; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1) and S.I. 2019/504, regs. 1(2), 3-6; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and (1.7.2022) by 2022 c. 31, s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 216, Sch. 7 para. 28; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30))

C2 Pt. 42 modified (6.4.2008) by The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3494), reg. 43

C3 Pt. 42: functions transferred in part (6.4.2008 in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Statutory Auditors (Delegation of Functions etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/496), art. 4 (which amending S.I. was revoked (2.7.2012) by S.I. 2012/1741, art. 6)

C4 Pt. 42 applied (with modifications) (15.8.2008) by The Insurance Accounts Directive (Lloyd's Syndicate and Aggregate Accounts) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1950), reg. 6(5)

C5 Pt. 42: functions transferred in part (2.7.2012) by The Statutory Auditors (Amendment of Companies Act 2006 and Delegation of Functions etc) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1741), arts. 1(2), 7, 8, 9 (with art. 16)

Chapter 2 U.K. Individuals and firms

Information U.K.

[F1 1223A Notification of matters relevant to [F2 approved third country competent authorities] U.K.

[F3 (1) A recognised supervisory body must notify the Secretary of State—

(a) if a notifiable person becomes eligible for appointment as a statutory auditor, unless the notifiable person is an individual;

(b) if a notifiable person’s eligibility for appointment as a statutory auditor is withdrawn;

(c) of the reasons for any such withdrawal.]

(2) A recognised supervisory body must also notify the Secretary of State of any reasonable grounds it has for suspecting that—

(a) a person has contravened the law of the United Kingdom, or [F4 an equivalent third country or transitional third country], and

(b) the act or omission constituting that contravention took place on the territory of an [F5 equivalent third country or transitional third country].

(3) In this section “ notifiable person ” means a member of the recognised supervisory body in question—

(a) who is also [F6 a third country auditor that has been approved by an approved third country competent authority]; and

(b) in respect of whom the [F7 approved third country] competent authority is not the recognised supervisory body itself.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 1223A inserted (6.4.2008) by The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3494), reg. 7(1) (with reg. 7(2) (as amended by S.I. 2008/499, reg. 2(3)))

F2 Words in s. 1223A heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/177), regs. 2, 12(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 S. 1223A(1) substituted (17.6.2016) by The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/649), reg. 1(1)(a), Sch. 3 para. 32(2)

F4 Words in s. 1223A(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/177), regs. 2, 12(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Words in s. 1223A(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/177), regs. 2, 12(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Words in s. 1223A(3)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/177), regs. 2, 12(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Words in s. 1223A(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/177), regs. 2, 12(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)