Part 16Audit
Chapter 4Removal, resignation, etc of auditors
Statement by auditor on ceasing to hold office
521Copy of statement to be sent to registrar
(1)
Unless within 21 days beginning with the day on which he deposited the statement under section 519 the auditor receives notice of an application to the court under section 520, he must within a further seven days send a copy of the statement to the registrar.
(2)
If an application to the court is made under section 520 and the auditor subsequently receives notice under subsection (5) of that section, he must within seven days of receiving the notice send a copy of the statement to the registrar.
(3)
An auditor who fails to comply with subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence.
(4)
In proceedings for such an offence it is a defence for the person charged to show that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.
(5)
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a)
on conviction on indictment, to a fine;
(b)
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.