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1261Minor definitionsU.K.
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(1)In this Part, unless a contrary intention appears—

  • address” means—

    (a)

    in relation to an individual, his usual residential or business address;

    (b)

    in relation to a firm, its registered or principal office in the United Kingdom;

  • [F1the Audit Directive ” means Directive 2006/43/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts, amending Council Directives 78/660/ EEC and 83/349/ EEC and repealing Council Directive 84/253/ EEC F2...; ]

  • [F3 “the Audit Regulation ” means Regulation 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific requirements regarding statutory audit of public interest entities; ]

  • F4...

  • [F3“audit working papers and investigation reports” means—

    (a)

    any documents which are or have been held by a statutory auditor, an EEA auditor or a third country auditor and which are related to the conduct of an audit conducted by that auditor;

    (b)

    any report of an inspection of the conduct of an audit by a statutory auditor, an EEA auditor or a third country auditor, or

    (c)

    any report of an investigation into the conduct of a statutory auditor, an EEA auditor or a third country auditor, ]

  • company” means any company or other body the accounts of which must be audited in accordance with Part 16;

  • [F3“the competent authority” means the Financial Reporting Council Limited]

  • [F5the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act);]

  • director”, in relation to a body corporate, includes any person occupying in relation to it the position of a director (by whatever name called) and any person in accordance with whose directions or instructions (not being advice given in a professional capacity) the directors of the body are accustomed to act;

  • [F6 EEA auditor ” means an individual or firm approved in accordance with the Audit Directive by an EEA competent authority to carry out audits of annual accounts or consolidated accounts required by European Union law; ]

  • [F7 EEA competent authority ” means a competent authority within the meaning of Article 2.10 of the Audit Directive of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom; ]

  • firm” means any entity, whether or not a legal person, which is not an individual and includes a body corporate, a corporation sole and a partnership or other unincorporated association;

  • group”, in relation to a body corporate, means the body corporate, any other body corporate which is its holding company or subsidiary and any other body corporate which is a subsidiary of that holding company;

  • “holding company” and “subsidiary” are to be read in accordance with section 1159 and Schedule 6;

  • officer”, in relation to a body corporate, includes a director, a manager, a secretary or, where the affairs of the body are managed by its members, a member;

  • “parent undertaking” and “subsidiary undertaking” are to be read in accordance with section 1162 and Schedule 7.

  • [F8third country ” means a country or territory that is not an EEA State or part of an EEA State; ]

  • [F9third country auditor ” means a person, other than [F10an EEA auditor or] a person eligible for appointment as a statutory auditor, who is eligible to conduct audits of the accounts of bodies corporate incorporated or formed under the law of a third country in accordance with the law of that country; ]

  • [F11third country competent authority ” means a body established in a third country exercising functions related to the regulation or oversight of auditors; ]

  • [F12transfer ”, in relation to audit working papers [F13and investigation reports], includes physical and electronic transfer and allowing access to such papers; ]

(2)For the purposes of this Part a body is to be regarded as “established in the United Kingdom” if and only if—

(a)it is incorporated or formed under the law of the United Kingdom or a part of the United Kingdom, or

(b)its central management and control are exercised in the United Kingdom;

and any reference to a qualification “obtained in the United Kingdom” is to a qualification obtained from such a body.

[F14(2A) For the purposes of this Part, Gibraltar shall be treated as if it were an EEA State. ]

(3)The Secretary of State may by regulations make such modifications of this Part as appear to him to be necessary or appropriate for the purposes of its application in relation to any firm, or description of firm, which is not a body corporate or a partnership.

(4)Regulations under subsection (3) are subject to negative resolution procedure.

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Commencement Information

I1S. 1261 wholly in force at 6.4.2008; s. 1261 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1261 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1261 in force at 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2007/3495, art. 3(1)(u) (with savings in arts. 7, 12, Sch. 4 paras. 37-42)

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