Part 42Statutory Auditors
Chapter 5Registered third country auditors
Introductory
1241Meaning of “third country auditor”, “registered third country auditor” etc
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In this Part—
“third country auditor” means the auditor of the accounts of a traded non-Community company, and the expressions “third country audit” and “third country audit work” are to be construed accordingly;
“registered third country auditor” means a third country auditor who is entered in the register kept in accordance with regulations under section 1239(1).
2
In subsection (1) “traded non-Community company” means a body corporate—
a
which is incorporated or formed under the law of a country or territory which is not a member State or part of a member State,
b
whose transferable securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market situated or operating in the United Kingdom, and
c
which has not been excluded, or is not of a description of bodies corporate which has been excluded, from this definition by an order made by the Secretary of State.
3
For this purpose—
“regulated market” has the meaning given by Article 4.1(14) of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments;
“transferable securities” has the meaning given by Article 4.1(18) of that Directive.
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An order under this section is subject to negative resolution procedure.