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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Public interest entity independence requirements

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Point in time view as at 03/10/2022.

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Companies Act 2006, Cross Heading: Public interest entity independence requirements is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

[F1Public interest entity independence requirementsU.K.

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F1Sch. 10 paras. 10B, 10C and respective preceding cross-headings inserted (6.4.2008) by The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3494), reg. 21

10C F2( 1 ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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[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 ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

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