The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of Part 42 of the Companies Act 2006

11.  In section 1210 (meaning of “statutory auditor” etc)—

(a) in subsection (1)(c)(ii)(1), for “regulated market” substitute “UK regulated market”;

(b) in subsection (3)—

(i) omit the definition of “bank”(2);

(ii) for the definition of “insurer” substitute—

““insurer” means a person who would be an insurance undertaking, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Directive 91/674/EEC of 19 December 1991 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of insurance undertakings as that Article had effect immediately before exit day, were the United Kingdom a member State;”;

(iii) omit the definition of “regulated market”(3).

(1)

Section 1210(1)(c) was substituted by regulation 13(2)(a) of S.I. 2017/516.

(2)

The definition of “bank” was amended by paragraph 42(3) of Schedule 2 to S.I. 2013/3115 and article 3(1) and Part 1 of the Schedule to S.I. 2012/1809.

(3)

The definition of “regulated market” was inserted by regulation 13(2)(b) of S.I. 2017/516.