Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 42 applied (with modifications) (4.4.2014 for specified purposes, 16.12.2014 in so far as not already in force) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 5 paras. 1-27 (with Sch. 13 para. 11); S.I. 2014/900, art. 2(j); S.I. 2014/3319, art. 2(e) (as amended: (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/177, regs. 2, 57; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1) and S.I. 2019/504, regs. 1(2), 3-6; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and (1.7.2022) by 2022 c. 31, s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 216, Sch. 7 para. 28; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30))
C2Pt. 42 modified (6.4.2008) by The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3494), reg. 43
C3Pt. 42: functions transferred in part (6.4.2008 in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Statutory Auditors (Delegation of Functions etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/496), art. 4 (which amending S.I. was revoked (2.7.2012) by S.I. 2012/1741, art. 6)
C4Pt. 42 applied (with modifications) (15.8.2008) by The Insurance Accounts Directive (Lloyd's Syndicate and Aggregate Accounts) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1950), reg. 6(5)
C5Pt. 42: functions transferred in part (2.7.2012) by The Statutory Auditors (Amendment of Companies Act 2006 and Delegation of Functions etc) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1741), arts. 1(2), 7, 8, 9 (with art. 16)
(1)If it appears to the Secretary of State—
[F1(a)that any action proposed to be taken by—
(i)a recognised supervisory body,
(ii)a recognised qualifying body,
(iii)a person keeping a register of auditors, or part of such a register, in accordance with regulations under section 1239(1),
(iv)a body exercising functions under arrangements within Schedule 12,
(v)the Independent Supervisor,
(vi)the competent authority, or
(vii)a body designated by order under section 1252,
would be incompatible with [F2retained EU obligations] or any other international obligations of the United Kingdom, or]
(b)that any action which that body has power to take is required for the purpose of implementing any such obligations,
he may direct the body not to take or, as the case may be, to take the action in question.
(2)A direction may include such supplementary or incidental requirements as the Secretary of State thinks necessary or expedient.
(3)A direction under this section given to [F3the Independent Supervisor ][F4, the competent authority] or a body designated by order under section 1252 is enforceable on the application of the Secretary of State by injunction or, in Scotland, by an order under section 45 of the Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36).
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1254(1)(a) substituted (1.5.2017) by The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/516), regs. 1(2), 13(7)(a)
F2Words in s. 1254(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/177), regs. 2, 24; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in s. 1254(3) inserted (6.4.2008) by The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3494), reg. 16(3)
F4Words in s. 1254(3) inserted (17.6.2016) by The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/649), reg. 1(1)(a), Sch. 3 para. 50(3)