Section 1217 | Supervisory bodies

(1)In this Part a “supervisory body” means a body established in the United Kingdom (whether a body corporate or an unincorporated association) which maintains and enforces rules as to—^F1

(a)the eligibility of persons for appointment as a statutory auditor, and

(b)the conduct of statutory audit work,

which are binding on persons seeking appointment or acting as a statutory auditor . . . because they are members of that body . . . .

(1A)The rules referred to in paragraphs 9(1A) and 10C(3) (bar on appointment as director or other officer), paragraph 9(3)(b) (confidentiality of information) and paragraph 12(3)(b)(v) (temporary prohibition from exercising functions in a firm) of Schedule 10 must also be binding on persons who—^F2F3F4F5

(a)have sought appointment or acted as a statutory auditor, and^F2

(b)have been members of the body at any time after the commencement of this Part.^F2

(2)In this Part references to the members of a supervisory body are to the persons who, whether or not members of the body, are subject to its rules in seeking appointment or acting as a statutory auditor.

(3)In this Part references to the rules of a supervisory body are to the rules (whether or not laid down by the body itself) which the body or the competent authority has power to enforce and which are relevant for the purposes of this Part.This includes rules relating to the admission or expulsion of members of the body, so far as relevant for the purposes of this Part.^F6

(4)Schedule 10 has effect with respect to the recognition of supervisory bodies for the purposes of this Part.