The Building Societies Act 1986 (Accounts, Audit and EEA State Amendments) Order 2008

5.  In section 79 (auditors’ duties and powers)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) for “auditors” substitute “auditor”;

(ii) for “their” substitute “his”;

(iii) for “them” substitute “him”;

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) for “auditors are” substitute “auditor is”;

(ii) for “they” substitute “he”;

(iii) for “their report” substitute “his report”;

(c) in subsection (4)(a)—

(i) for “its auditors” substitute “its auditor”;

(ii) for “the society’s auditors” substitute “the society’s auditor”;

(iii) for “those auditors” substitute “that auditor”;

(iv) for “their duties as auditors” substitute “his duties as auditor”;

(d) in subsection (4)(b), for “its auditors” substitute “its auditor”;

(e) in subsection (6)—

(i) for “auditors fail” substitute “auditor fails”;

(ii) for “their” substitute “his”, in each place where it occurs;

(iii) for “they” substitute “he”;

(f) in subsection (7)—

(i) in the opening words, for “auditors” substitute “auditor”;

(ii) in paragraph (b)—

(aa) for “they attend” substitute “he attends”;

(bb) for “them as auditors” substitute “him as auditor”;

(g) in subsection (9)—

(i) in the opening words, for “auditors” substitute “auditor”;

(ii) in paragraph (a), for “auditors require, or are entitled to require, as auditors” substitute “auditor requires, or is entitled to require, as auditor”;

(h) in the heading, for “Auditors’ duties and powers” substitute “Auditor’s duties and powers”.