SCHEDULE 10Recognised supervisory bodies
Part 2Requirements for recognition of a supervisory body
F1Public interest entity independence requirements
10C
F2 (1)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2 (2)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3(3)
The body must have adequate rules and practices designed to ensure that—
(a)
an individual who has been appointed as statutory auditor of a public interest entity may not be appointed as a director or other officer of the entity or be concerned in the management of the entity during a period of not less than two years to be determined in standards set by the competent authority and commencing on the date on which the individual’s appointment as statutory auditor ended;
(b)
a key audit partner of a firm which has been appointed as statutory auditor of a public interest entity may not be appointed as a director or other officer or be concerned in the management of the entity during a period of not less than two years to be determined in standards set by the competent authority and commencing on the date on which the firm’s appointment as statutory auditor ended.
(4)
The rules referred to in sub-paragraph (3) must apply to persons who are no longer members of the body as they apply to members and any fine imposed in the enforcement of those rules shall be recoverable by the body as a debt due to it from the person obliged to pay it.
(5)
An auditor of a public interest entity is not to be regarded as an officer of the entity for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(a) and (b).
F4 (6)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .