SCHEDULE 10Recognised supervisory bodies
Part 2Requirements for recognition of a supervisory body
F1Independent investigation for enforcement purposes
16.
(1)
The body must have rules and practices designed to ensure that, where the competent authority has decided that any particular enforcement action should be taken against a member of the body following the conclusion of an investigation under the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016, that decision is to be treated as if it were a decision made by the body in enforcement proceedings against the member.
(2)
The body must have adequate arrangements as part of its rules and practices—
(a)
to facilitate the conduct of investigations into non-delegated cases by the competent authority in connection with the performance of statutory audit functions or third country audit functions by members of the body;
(b)
for the holding by the competent authority of hearings relating to members of the body in accordance with the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016, where necessary following those investigations; and
(c)
for making decisions by the competent authority following those investigations as to whether (and, if so, what) enforcement action should be taken against members of the body.
(3)
“Non-delegated cases” means matters relating to tasks which have not been delegated to the body by the competent authority under regulation 3 of the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016.