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22.—(1) After section 511 (special notice required for resolution removing auditor from office) insert—
(1) This section applies only to a public interest company.
(2) The competent authority may apply to the court for an order removing an auditor of a company from office if the authority considers that there are proper grounds for removing the auditor from office.
(3) The members of a company may apply to the court for an order removing an auditor of the company from office if the applicant or applicants consider that there are proper grounds for removing the auditor from office.
(4) If the court is satisfied, on hearing an application under subsection (2), that there are proper grounds for removing the auditor from office, it may make an order removing the auditor from office.
(5) If the court is satisfied, on hearing an application under subsection (3), that—
(a)the applicants represent in total—
(i)not less than 5% of the voting rights of all the members having a right to vote at a general meeting of the company, or
(ii)not less than 5% in nominal value of the company’s share capital, and
(b)there are proper grounds for removing the auditor from office,
the court may make an order removing the auditor from office.
(6) For the purposes of this section, divergence of opinions on accounting treatments or audit procedures are not to be taken to be proper grounds for removing an auditor from office.
(7) In this section the competent authority means the body designated under section 1252 of this Act.”.
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