SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 14U.K. Auditors: Appointment, Tenure, Qualifications and Remuneration

[F1Appointments [F2in relation to friendly societies subject to special requirements] U.K.

3A(1)Appointment as auditor of a friendly society [F3subject to special requirements] is an appointment as a statutory auditor to which the provisions of Part 42 of the Companies Act 2006 apply.U.K.

(2)The following provisions of this Schedule do not apply in that case—

(a)paragraphs 4 and 5 (eligibility for appointment),

(b)paragraph 6 (appointment of partnership),

(c)paragraph 7 (cases in which auditor need not be a member of a recognised supervisory body), and

(d)paragraph 8 (effect of ineligibility).]