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S.I.) by The Statutory Auditors (Delegation of Functions etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/496), art. 4 (which amending S.I. was revoked (2.7.2012) by S.I. 2012/1741, art. 6)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 6 U.K.Supplementary and general

[F1 Transfer of papers to third countries U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 1253D-1253F and cross-heading inserted (6.4.2008) by The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3494), reg. 15(1) (with reg. 15(2) (as amended by S.I. 2008/499), reg. 2(4)))

[F2 1253DD Agreement of EEA competent authority U.K.

(1) This section applies where—

(a) an approved third country competent authority makes a request to the Secretary of State for the transfer of audit working papers which relate to the audit of the consolidated accounts of a group, and

(b) the audit working papers that are the subject of the request—

(i) have been created by the auditor of a subsidiary that is located in another EEA State in relation to the audit of that subsidiary, and

(ii) are in the possession of a statutory auditor.

(2) In the case of a transfer by the Secretary of State under section 1253DA, the transfer must not take place unless the EEA competent authority responsible for the auditor of the subsidiary has given its express agreement to the transfer.

(3) In the case of a transfer by a statutory auditor under section 1253DB, the Secretary of State must not approve the transfer unless the EEA competent authority responsible for the auditor of the subsidiary has given its express agreement to the transfer. ]]

Textual Amendments

F2 Ss. 1253D-1253DE substituted for s. 1253D (15.11.2010) by The Companies Act 2006 (Transfer of Audit Working Papers to Third Countries) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2537), regs. 1(2), 2