The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016

Publication of sanctions and measuresU.K.

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6.—(1) The competent authority shall publish, in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5) details of the sanctions it imposes under regulation 5.

(2) The details published under paragraph (1) must include—

(a)information concerning the type of contravention and its nature;

(b)unless any of the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (3) applies, the identity of the person (“A”) sanctioned under regulation 5; and

(c)where a sanction is subject to an appeal, information concerning the status and outcome of the appeal.

(3) The circumstances in which A's identity must not be published are—

(a)where A is an individual and the competent authority considers the publication of personal data would be disproportionate;

(b)where publication would jeopardise the stability of financial markets;

(c)where publication would jeopardise an ongoing criminal investigation; and

(d)where publication would cause disproportionate damage to any institution or individual involved.

(4) The competent authority shall ensure that—

(a)information published under this regulation remains published for a proportionate period, and

(b)is available on the competent authority's website for at least five years after the relevant date.

(5) In this regulation and in regulations 7 and 8, “the relevant date” means—

(a)where the competent authority imposes a sanction and that decision is appealed, the date on which the appeal is determined,

(b)where the competent authority imposes a sanction and that decision is not appealed, the date by which the appeal should have been lodged.