Part 3Audit

Amendments to the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2013

13.—(1) The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 12(2)(c) omit “or,”;

(3) In regulation 12(2)(d) for “.” substitute “or,”;

(4) In regulation 12(2) after paragraph (d) insert—

“(e)section 1251 of the Act (fees).”;

(5) In regulation 12(3)(b)(ii) for “.” substitute “or,”;

(6) In regulation 12 after paragraph (3)(b)(ii) insert—

“(c)the registered third country auditor has notified the designated body, in writing, that it no longer seeks to be included on the register.”.

Amendments to the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016

14.—(1) The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 insert the following definition in the appropriate place—

““audit committee” has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 16 of the Act;”.

(3) In regulation 11(2)—

(a)at paragraph (a) omit “which”;

(b)at sub-paragraph (a)(i)—

(i)for “is” substitute “which is”;

(ii)for “in an equivalent third country, or” substitute “or formed under the law of an equivalent third country or a transitional third country”;

(c)after sub-paragraph (a)(i) insert—

“(ia)where the performance of any third country audit functions in respect of the audited entity is subject to the systems of public oversight, quality assurance and investigations and sanctions of the third country competent authority in that equivalent third country or transitional third country; and”;

(d)omit sub-paragraph (a)(ii);

(e)at paragraph (b) after “by a” insert “person who is eligible for appointment as a”.

(4) In regulation 11(8) after “body corporate” insert “incorporated or formed under the law of a third country”.

(5) In regulation 13A—

(a)from the opening words omit “within the standards on professional ethics that it determines in accordance with Schedule 1”;

(b)in the opening words, for “points (a) (i), (a) (iv) to (a) (vii) and (f)” substitute “points (a) to (k)”;

(c)omit paragraph (a);

(d)before paragraph (b) insert —

“(zb)the competent authority is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist;”;

(e)omit the “and” after sub-paragraph (b);

(f)after sub-paragraph (c) for “.” substitute “;” and insert—

“(d)subject to paragraph (e), the period for which the competent authority may allow the provision of services to take place relates only to the period between the beginning of the financial year of the accounts to be audited and the issuing of the audit report; and

(e)in respect of any allowance made by the competent authority in relation to point (e) of the second sub-paragraph of Article 5(1) of the Audit Regulation, the period in which the competent authority may allow the provision of services to take place is the period between the beginning of the financial year of the accounts to be audited and the issuing of the audit report as well as the preceding financial year before that period.”.

(6) In regulation 21—

(a)at paragraph (2)(a) for “50,000 euros” substitute “£35,000”,

(b)at paragraph (2)(b) for “100,000 euros” substitute “£70,000”,

(c)at paragraph (3) for “euros” in both places that word occurs substitute “pounds Sterling”.

Amendments to Regulation 537/2014

15.—(1) Regulation (EU) No. 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on specific requirements regarding statutory audit of public-interest entities and repealing Commission Decision 2005/909/EC(3) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 5 at the end of paragraph 4 omit the words “The audit committee shall, where applicable, issue guidelines with regard to the services referred to in paragraph 3.”

(3) In Article 7 in sub-paragraph 2 omit the words “as designated by the Member States”.

(4) In the heading to Article 16 omit the words “or Audit Firms”.

(5) In Article 16 in paragraph 3 for “Unless it concerns the renewal of an audit engagement in accordance with Article 17(1) and 17(2), the” substitute “The”.

(6) In Article 23 for “of a Member State.” substitute “of any part of the United Kingdom.”.