Local Audit Regulations

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1 Lol Auit Regultions Effetive from 1 Jnury 2017 BUSINESS WITH CONFIDENCE iew.om

2 These Lol Auit Regultions re se on the urrent (ompny) Auit Regultions. As fr s possile hnges hve een minimise given the lol uitor requirements rw hevily on the uitor requirements in the Compnies At 2006, with whih firms shoul e fmilir. Referenes to registere uitor hve een mene to lol uitor where relevnt. Those prts of the uit regultions tht relte only to the Institute of Chrtere Aountnts of Sotln n Chrtere Aountnts Ireln hve een elete entirely. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 2

3 Contents Contents... 3 Arevitions... 5 Introution... 6 Setion 1: Generl... 7 Sope n sttus... 7 Definitions n interprettion... 7 Commenement... 7 Notifitions... 7 Sheule 1: Definitions n interprettion... 8 Definitions... 8 Interprettion Setion 2: Eligiility, pplition for registrtion, ontinuing oligtions n esstion of registrtion 13 Eligiility Applition for registrtion Continuing oligtions Chnges in irumstnes Fees Dispenstion Cesstion of registrtion Setion 3: Conut of uit work Inepenene n integrity Tehnil stnrs Auit Report Mintining ompetene Monitoring Setion 4: Approprite qulifitions n key uit prtners Key uit prtner Cesstion of key uit prtner sttus Setion 5: Lol uit ffilites Generl Grnting of lol uit ffilite sttus Withrwl of lol uit ffilite sttus Cesstion of lol uit ffilite sttus Chnges in irumstnes Review of regultory eisions Implementtion of eisions Fees Disiplinry rrngements Setion 6: The ommittees Registrtion Committee Notifition to ommittees Review Committee Appel Committee Proeures of the ommittees Setion 7: Regultory tion Sntions uner the uitor sntions proeure Jnury 2017, V2 3

4 Restritions n onitions Withrwl of registrtion Suspension Urgent orers Implementtion of ommittee eisions n orers Setion 8: Representtion efore ommittees, review n ppel Representtion efore ommittees Review of regultory eisions Appel Setion 9: Disiplinry rrngements Applition of isiplinry rrngements Regultory penlties Jnury 2017, V2 4

5 Arevitions The following revitions re use in these regultions n ompnying guine. At Lol Auit n Aountility At At Compnies At 2006 ICAEW ICAI ICAS FRC ACCA CPD ISA Institute of Chrtere Aountnts in Engln n Wles The Institute of Chrtere Aountnts in Ireln operting s Chrtere Aountnts Ireln The Institute of Chrtere Aountnts of Sotln Finnil Reporting Counil Assoition of Chrtere Certifie Aountnts Continuing professionl evelopment Interntionl Stnrs on Auiting (UK n Ireln) ISQC 1 Interntionl Stnr on Qulity Control (UK n Ireln) 1 PII RSB RQB Professionl inemnity insurne Reognise supervisory oy Reognise qulifying oy 1 Jnury 2017, V2 5

6 Introution 1. ICAEW is Reognise Supervisory Boy (RSB) for the purposes of regulting ompny (uner the Compnies At 2006) n lol uitors (uner the Lol Auit n Aountility At 2014). As RSB, ICAEW must hve rules setting out how lol uitors re regulte. Guine is provie on how these shoul e followe. 2. ICAEW hs issue the Lol Auit Regultions to ensure: lol uitors mintin high stnrs of uit work; the reputtion of lol uitors with the puli is mintine; the pplition of the regultions is fir ut firm; the regultions re ler; n the regultions pply to ll sizes of firm. 3. lol uitors must omply with the regultions, whih require them to: rry out uit work with integrity; e n e seen to e inepenent; omply with uiting stnrs; mke sure tht ll prinipls n employees re fit n proper persons; n mke sure tht ll prinipls n employees re ompetent n ontinue to e ompetent to rry out uit work. 4. Seprte guine is given in seprte oument to help firms pply the regultions. 5. As eh firm is ifferent, no guine n e suffiiently omprehensive to over ll firms. Firms my evelop other proeures to omply with these regultions ut it is ompline with the regultions tht is importnt. 6. The regultions shoul e re in onjuntion with: ICAEW s Coe of Ethis (inluing the funmentl priniples); pulitions issue y the Finnil Reporting Counil: Interntionl Stnrs on Auiting (UK n Ireln); Interntionl Stnrs on Qulity Control (UK n Ireln); Ethil Stnrs; Guine to Reognise Supervisory Boies on the Approvl of Key Auit Prtners for Lol Auit. the Coe of Auit Prtie issue y the omptroller n uitor generl; relevnt finnil reporting stnrs issue uner setion 32 of the At; relevnt prts of lol uit legisltion; n the Professionl Inemnity Insurne (PII) Regultions. 7. ICAEW pulishes eonomi mgzine whih often overs rtiles on uit relte mtters. In ition, Auit News, n emil upte, is issue y ICAEW n ontins informtion for lol uitors, inluing hnges to the regultions. 8. Sheule 1 to setion 1 ontins efinitions n interprettion of these regultions whih pply to the regultions n the relte guine. A wor or phrse whih is efine in sheule 1 is printe in itlis when use in the regultions. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 6

7 Setion 1: Generl Sope n sttus 1.01 These regultions pply to firms seeking registrtion n to firms registere y ICAEW s eligile for ppointment s lol uitor uner the At. The regultions lso pply to prinipls n key uit prtners of the firm. In ertin instnes the regultions ontinue to pply notwithstning tht registrtion hs ese These regultions re issue y uthority of Counil. Definitions n interprettion 1.03 The efinitions of terms use in the regultions n the rules of interprettion re in sheule 1 to this setion. Su-heings re not prt of the regultions n re for guine only. Commenement 1.04 These regultions ome into fore on 1 Novemer These regultions pply to the uits of relevnt uthorities for ounting perios ommening on or fter: 1.04 A [Not use] 1.05 [Not use] 1.06 [Not use] Notifitions 1 April 2017 for helth uits (in orne with Deprtment of Helth nnounements (Otoer 2015); n 1 April 2018 for lol government uits (in orne with Deprtment for Communities n Lol Government nnounements (Otoer 2015) Any notie or oument my e serve on ICAEW y sening it to: ICAEW Professionl Conut Deprtment Metropolitn House 321 Aveury Boulevr Milton Keynes MK9 2FZ UK or s otherwise notifie to firms Any notie, eision, orer or other oument whih nees to e serve on firm or other person uner these regultions will e elivere y hn, sent y fx or post, or emil: if it is elivere y hn to the ressee servie will tke effet immeitely; if sent y fx, it will e sent to the ltest fx numer given y the ressee n servie will tke effet immeitely; if sent y post, it will e sent to the ltest ress given y the ressee n servie will tke effet two usiness ys fter posting; or if sent y emil it must e sent to the ltest emil ress notifie y the ressee n servie will tke effet immeitely. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 7

8 Sheule 1: Definitions n interprettion Definitions In the regultions the following wors hve the following menings. the At The Lol Auit n Aountility At 2014 n every other entment whih is me uner, or is to e re together with tht At. (Note: The At inorportes Prt 42 n sheule 10 of the 2006 At with hnges in reltion to lol uits me y virtue of Sheule 5 to the At. Therefore referenes to setions of the At in these regultions re to the equivlent 2006 At setion s it is pplie in reltion to lol uits y Sheule 5 to the At.) the 2006 At The Compnies At ffilite Appel Committee pproprite qulifition uit uit lient A person who hols ffilite sttus uner ICAEW s Auit Regultions, DPB (investment usiness) hnook, Insolveny Regultions, Prote Regultions or regultions governing the use of the esription Chrtere Aountnts n generl ffilites. The ommittee ppointe uner ICAEW s ye-lws with responsiility for hering ppels ginst eision of the Review Committee uner these regultions. When ommittee ishrges these funtions its memers re to e trete s offiers of ICAEW for the purpose of regultion 2.04e. In reltion to the uit of relevnt uthorities, n iniviul hols n pproprite qulifition if the iniviul: hols qulifition wre y reognise qulifying oy uner setion 1219(1) of the At; hols qulifition wre y reognise qulifying oy uner setion 1219 of the 2006 At; or ws memer of n institute, ACCA or the Chrtere Institute of Puli Finne n Aountny efore 1 Novemer 2015 or h strte ourse of stuy leing to professionl qulifition in ountny with one of those oies efore 1 Novemer 2015 n eme memer efore 1 Novemer Any funtion in respet of relevnt uthority whih is require y the At to e performe y lol uitor; Any relevnt uthority whose ounts re eing uite uner these regultions y lol uitor. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 8

9 uit ompline prinipl uit report uit regultions uiting stnrs uit work uit working ppers uitor sntions proeure oy orporte usiness y ye-lws Coe of Auit Prtie orporte prtie Counil An iniviul who hols n pproprite qulifition n who is either prinipl of the lol uitor (or sole prtitioner where the lol uitor is sole prtie) or memer of its mngement or who is responsile for monitoring tht the lol uitor hs omplie, n is likely to ontinue to omply, with these regultions, n whose ientity is notifie in writing to ICAEW n who is the first point of ontt with ICAEW in onnetion with these regultions. The uit ompline prinipl for these regultions n uner ICAEW s uit regultions n e the sme iniviul. A report y lol uitor whih reltes to n uit. ICAEW s regultions eling with the registrtion n regultion of ompny uitors uner the 2006 At. The si priniples n essentil proeures (shown in ol type) in the Interntionl Stnrs on Auiting (UK n Ireln) whih re to e onstrue n pplie hving regr to the explntory text n other mteril in those stnrs; issue y, or with the uthority of, the Finnil Reporting Counil. Any work one y or on ehlf of the lol uitor in respet of n uit. Mteril (whether in the form of t store on pper, film, eletroni mei or other mei or otherwise) prepre y or for, or otine y the lol uitor in onnetion with the performne of the uit onerne n inlues: the reor of uit proeures performe; relevnt uit eviene otine; n onlusions rehe. The rules n prties of the FRC (the Auitors Regultory Sntions Proeure) provie for sntion etermine y it rising from inepenent monitoring of mjor lol uits uner UK lw to e trete s if it were sntion whih ICAEW, ting s reognise supervisory oy (RSB), h itself etermine. An entity tht hs legl personlity (inluing limite liility prtnership) n similr oy onstitute uner the lws of ountry or territory outsie the Unite Kingom. A y exluing weekens n puli holiys. The ye-lws of ICAEW. The oe (or oes) prepre y the omptroller n uitor generl uner sheule 6 of the At presrie the wy in whih lol uitors re to rry out their funtions uner the At. A oy orporte, exluing limite liility prtnership. The Counil of ICAEW uner Cluse 2 of the Supplementl Royl Chrter of 21 Deemer Jnury 2017, V2 9

10 iretor Disiplinry Committee employee ethil stnrs EEA uitor EEA uit firm Any person oupying the position of iretor (lle y whtever nme) in orporte prtie. Also ny person uner whose iretions or instrutions the iretors of the orporte prtie re use to ting. The ommittee ppointe uner ICAEW s ye-lws with responsiility for isiplining memers, firms n others in orne with the ye-lws. When ommittee ishrges these funtions its memers re to e trete s offiers of ICAEW for the purpose of regultion 2.04e. Anyone who rries out uit work for lol uitor, inluing suontrtor or onsultnt. The si priniples n essentil proeures (shown in ol type) in the Ethil Stnrs issue y the Finnil Reporting Counil whih re to e onstrue n pplie hving regr to the explntory text n other mteril in those stnrs. An iniviul who hols qulifition to uit ounts uner the lw of n EEA memer stte other thn the UK. A firm eligile for ppointment s n uitor uner the lw of n EEA memer stte. An EEA memer stte is ny ountry tht is signtory to the Europen Union n Europen Community Treties (ie EU memer sttes) n Ieln, Liehtenstein, Norwy. Girltr is lso trete s n EEA memer stte y the 2006 At. Finnil Reporting Counil (FRC) The Finnil Reporting Counil Limite, ompny limite y gurntee inorporte in Engln n Wles, numer n ny other oy whih tkes over its funtions uner the uitor sntions proeure n whih, pursunt to the At, is responsile for the supervision of reognise supervisory oies. firm n iniviul who engges in the profession of ountny s sole prtitioner; prtnership whih engges in the profession of ountny; limite liility prtnership whih engges in the profession of ountny; or orporte prtie whih engges in the profession of ountny. ICAEW The Institute of Chrtere Aountnts in Engln n Wles. institute(s) the Institute of Chrtere Aountnts in Engln n Wles (ICAEW); the Institute of Chrtere Aountnts of Sotln (ICAS); or the Institute of Chrtere Aountnts in Ireln (ICAI) operting s Chrtere Aountnts Ireln. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 10

11 Investigtion Committee key uit prtner lol uitor lol uit ffilite mjor lol uit mngement or monitoring unit PII regultions prtie notes prinipl qulity ontrol stnrs reognise supervisory oy register registere uitor The ommittee ppointe uner ICAEW ye-lws, with responsiility for onsiering omplints ginst memers, firms n others s speifie in the ye-lws. When ommittee ishrges these funtions its memers re to e trete s offiers of ICAEW for the purpose of regultion 2.04 e. A prinipl or employee responsile for uit work n esignte s suh uner regultion A firm entere on the register s eligile for ppointment s lol uitor uner setion 1239 of the At. A person grnte lol uit ffilite sttus y ICAEW for the purposes of these regultions. An uit onute in respet of relevnt uthority is efine s mjor lol uit in the Lol Auit (Professionl Qulifitions n Mjor Lol Auit) Regultions Any ommittee, or or other mngement oy tht is responsile for setting n ireting the implementtion of the firm s poliies. ICAEW or ny oy unertking monitoring in orne with prgrph 12 or prgrph 23 of sheule 10 of the At the Professionl Inemnity Insurne Regultions of ICAEW. Prtie notes n ulletins issue y, or with the uthority of, the Finnil Reporting Counil. An iniviul in sole prtie, (where the firm is sole prtie), person who is prtner (inluing oth slrie n equity prtners) (where the firm is prtnership), memer of limite liility prtnership (where the firm is limite liility prtnership) iretor (where the firm is ompny) or ny iniviul who is hel out s eing ompny iretor, prtner or memer. The si priniples n essentil proeures (shown in ol type) in the Interntionl Stnrs on Qulity Control (UK n Ireln) whih re to e onstrue n pplie hving regr to the explntory text n other mteril in those stnrs, s issue y the Finnil Reporting Counil. A oy reognise uner the At for the purposes of the registrtion n supervision of lol uitors. The register of lol uitors ompile uner setion 1239 of the At. A firm entere on the register s eligile for ppointment s sttutory uitor uner setion 1239 of the 2006 At. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 11

12 Registrtion Committee regultions regultory penlty relevnt uthority Review Committee sntion voting rights The ommittee ppointe uner ICAEW s ye-lws with responsiility for ishrging the funtions set out in setion 6 or ny su-ommittee of tht ommittee. When ommittee ishrges these funtions its memers re to e trete s offiers of ICAEW for the purpose of regultion 2.04e. These regultions s moifie or mene. An mount impose with the onsent of lol uitor s penlty for rehes of these regultions whih the lol uitor grees hve een ommitte. A person or oy liste in sheule 2 of the At. Any ommittee ppointe uner ICAEW s ye-lws with responsiility for reviewing eisions me y the Registrtion Committee s speifie in these regultions. When ommittee ishrges these funtions its memers re to e trete s offiers of ICAEW for the purpose of regultion 2.04e. Any regultory tion inluing the imposition of onitions or restritions, suspension or withrwl of registrtion, n imposition of regultory penlty. The rights to vote on ll or sustntilly ll mtters t meetings of prinipls or shreholers of the oy in question. In eiing wht voting rights re to e tken into ount, prgrphs 5 to 11 of sheule 7 to the 2006 At pply to orporte prties n limite liility prtnerships, n prgrphs 5 to 7 n 11 of tht sheule pply to prtnerships. Interprettion Wors n expressions hve the menings given y the At n the Interprettion At 1978 unless efine in these regultions. The efinitions in these regultions tke preeene. In these regultions wors importing the singulr numer inlue the plurl numer n vie vers. Wors importing the msuline gener inlue the feminine. Heings o not ffet the interprettion of these regultions. These regultions will e governe y, n interprete oring to, English lw. Any referenes to legisltion, regultions, ye-lws, rules, stnrs or other ouments, will pply to ny re-entment, re-issue or menment. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 12

13 Setion 2: Eligiility, pplition for registrtion, ontinuing oligtions n esstion of registrtion 2.01 No ICAEW memer or firm my ept n uit ppointment unless registere y reognise supervisory oy. Eligiility 2.02 The Registrtion Committee my register firm only if the ommittee is stisfie tht: the firm is fit n proper to e ppointe s lol uitor; the firm hs professionl inemnity insurne or other pproprite rrngements s require y the PII regultions; the firm hs ppointe n uit ompline prinipl whose nme hs een given to ICAEW; eh key uit prtner hs een esignte in orne with regultion 4.01; e if the firm is sole prtie, the sole prtitioner is key uit prtner n the uit ompline prinipl (n if not memer of n institute or memer of the Assoition of Chrtere Certifie Aountnts is lol uit ffilite); n f if the firm is not sole prtie, the firm meets the itionl requirements of regultion The itionl requirements for firm whih is not sole prtie re: eh prinipl is either: 1) memer of n institute; 2) memer of ACCA; 3) n ffilite or lol uit ffilite; 4) registere uitor or lol uitor; 5) n EEA uitor who is lso n ffilite or lol uit ffilite; or 6) n EEA uit firm whih is lso n ffilite or lol uit ffilite. iniviuls who hve n pproprite qulifition, registere uitors, lol uitors, EEA uitors, EEA uit firms or omintion of these hol t lest mjority of the voting rights or hol suh rights uner the firm s onstitution s enle them to iret its overll poliy or lter its onstitution; iniviuls who hve n pproprite qulifition, registere uitors, lol uitors, EEA uitors, EEA uit firms or omintion of these hol t lest mjority of the voting rights in the mngement or or hol suh rights uner the firm s onstitution s enle them to iret its overll poliy or lter its onstitution; n where the firm is orporte prtie the Artiles of Assoition: 1) require its shreholers to notify it of ny hnges in the numer of shres hel in the orporte prtie, whether the shres re hel iretly or iniretly; 2) enle the or of iretors to require shreholers to supply informtion out their shreholings in the orporte prtie over the previous three yers; 3) enle the or of iretors to require ny non-shreholer whom the iretors know or hve resonle use to elieve hs or h n interest in the shres of the orporte prtie to supply informtion out their interests in the previous three yers; 4) enle the or of iretors to eprive ny shreholer of the right to vote if the informtion ske for in regultion or is not given in the time speifie in the request; 5) enle the or of iretors to eprive ny shreholer of the right to vote if the orporte prtie's pplition for registrtion is rejete uner regultion 2.05, or registrtion hs een withrwn uner regultion 1 Jnury 2017, V2 13

14 7.03, n the orporte prtie hs een tol tht the refusl or withrwl reltes to the ownership of ny shreholing; n 6) require the or of iretors to pprove ny trnsfer of shres whih woul result in shreholer hving n interest representing more thn 3% of the ggregte nominl vlue of the issue shre pitl. Note: A firm tht is registere uitor woul meet the requirements of regultions 2.02 n 2.03 other thn in reltion to key uit prtners (regultion 2.02). However it woul hve to pply for registrtion s lol uitor. Applition for registrtion 2.04 A firm tht wishes to register must pply in the mnner tht the Registrtion Committee eies. The pplition must inlue the following: e ny informtion tht the Registrtion Committee my require to ssess the ility of the firm to rry out uit work; elrtion me with the uthority of the firm tht it grees to e oun y these regultions n will mke sure tht it omplies with these regultions t ll times; elrtion me with the uthority of the firm tht it will el with ICAEW in n open n oopertive mnner n inform ICAEW promptly out nything onerning the firm tht these regultions require; the nme n ress of the uit ompline prinipl; n n knowlegement y the firm tht none of ICAEW, its offiers or stff, memers of its Counil or monitoring unit or the Committees or stff of the Finnil Reporting Counil, n e hel lile in mges for nything one or not one in eling with ny of the funtions onnete with registrtion uner the At or uner these regultions or enforing the terms of either or the monitoring of ompline with these regultions in ny respet, unless the t or omission is shown to hve een in fith The Registrtion Committee my: Continuing oligtions grnt the pplition; rejet the pplition; grnt the pplition sujet to restritions or onitions; or postpone onsiertion of the pplition A lol uitor must ontinue to meet the requirements of these regultions Sujet to regultions 2.17 to 2.20, lol uitor must not ontinue s n uitor if it eses to meet one or more of the eligiility requirements of regultion 2.02 or A lol uitor must ooperte with ICAEW, its stff, ommittees, monitoring unit or isiplinry sheme A lol uitor or former lol uitor on whom ICAEW serves notie requesting informtion or notie of visit uner regultion 2.23 or 6.02k (or upon whom notie is serve requesting informtion uner the At) must omply with suh notie within suh perio s ICAEW my llow (or in the se of notie serve uner the At, s the notie provies) Where registere uitor, lol uitor or n EEA uit firm is prinipl or shreholer in nother lol uitor, then its interests t meetings of prinipls, the mngement or or shreholers must e represente y n iniviul who is either the holer of n pproprite qulifition or is n EEA uitor A lol uitor must provie suh returns, sttements or other informtion s onsiere neessry n in form eie y the Registrtion Committee. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 14

15 Chnges in irumstnes 2.11 A lol uitor must inform ICAEW in writing s soon s prtile, ut not lter thn ten usiness ys fter the event: e f g h of ny mtter, whether relting to the firm or to ny of its prinipls or employees, whih oul men tht the firm is no longer fit n proper to e ppointe s lol uitor; if the firm is no longer omplying with the PII regultions; of ny other hnges whih might ffet firm's eligiility to e registere or its ility to onut uit work; of ny hnge in: 1) the nme or tring nmes of the firm; 2) the resses of the firm's offies; 3) the nmes or prinipl usiness ress of ny of the firm's prinipls or key uit prtners inluing new prinipls or key uit prtners; or 4) the nme or ress of the uit ompline prinipl; if key uit prtner leves the firm or eses to e key uit prtner; in the se of orporte prtie, of ny hnge in: 1) the nme or ress of shreholer or nyone with ny interest in the shres; n 2) ny hnge in the numer of shres hel y shreholer or in the numer of shres in whih nyone hs n interest; of ny hnge in the wesite ress of the firm; or of ny hnge in the nme or usiness ress of ny memer of the mngement or A lol uitor whih is memer of network must: mintin list of the nmes n resses of ll: 1) other firms in the network n their ffilites; n 2) its own ffilites; mke tht list ville to memers of the puli; upte the list with ny hnges no lter thn ten usiness ys fter the hnge; n inform ICAEW of the lotion of the list n of ny hnge to the lotion no lter thn ten usiness ys fter the hnge. Note: For the purposes of this regultion network is lrger struture ime t oopertion whih lol uitor elongs to n whih is: ontrolle y the lol uitor; lerly ime t profit or ost shring; uner ommon ownership, ontrol or mngement; or ffilite or ssoite with the lol uitor through ommon qulity ontrol poliies n proeures, ommon usiness strtegy, the use of ommon rn-nme or through the shring of signifint ommon resoures. For the purposes of this regultion n ffilite mens ny entity, regrless of legl form, whih is onnete to firm y mens of ommon ownership, ontrol or mngement. Fees 2.13 A lol uitor must py suh registrtion fees (to inlue ny osts tht ICAEW hs require or hs gree to py to ny other person or oy exerising regultory or supervisory role in reltion to it) s ICAEW etermines, t the times n t the rtes set y it The first registrtion fee is ue when firm pplies for registrtion. An pplition fee is lso pyle with this first fee. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 15

16 2.15 ICAEW my hrge lol uitor to whih its representtives hve me seon or susequent visit s result of n erlier visit. The Registrtion Committee will eie how muh the fee will e If lol uitor hs not pi ny fees uner regultion 2.13 or regultion 2.15, within 60 ys of the invoie te, ICAEW my withrw its registrtion. Dispenstion 2.17 If lol uitor eses to meet one or more of the eligiility requirements of regultion 2.02 or 2.03 (where pproprite), or if it onsiers tht it is impossile or imprtil to omply with ny other regultion, it must notify the Registrtion Committee in writing. The notifition must e within ten usiness ys of the sitution rising n must sy wht hs hppene n the tion whih the lol uitor proposes to tke The Registrtion Committee will review the informtion provie uner regultion If the ommittee onsiers the lol uitor is tking ll prtil steps n tht these will remey the position, it my grnt the lol uitor ispenstion from the requirement to omply with ny regultion In the se of mtter relting to the itionl eligiility requirements for lol uitor (set out in regultion 2.03) the ispenstion will not lst for more thn 90 ys, strting from the te tht the sitution first rose. In ny other se the perio will e set y the Registrtion Committee The Registrtion Committee will not grnt ispenstion uner regultion 2.18 unless the lol uitor n stisfy the ommittee tht its ontinue registrtion uring the ispenstion perio woul not versely ffet n uit lient or ny other person. Cesstion of registrtion 2.21 A firm will ese to e lol uitor if: the Registrtion Committee epts n pplition from the firm to nel its registrtion; the firm eses to exist; or the Registrtion Committee withrws registrtion uner regultion The Registrtion Committee my require firm whih hs ese to e registere to provie eviene tht it hs resigne from ll uit ppointments If firm is no longer lol uitor: it must still respon to enquiries (me in writing or y visiting firm's offie or offies) from the Registrtion Committee in onnetion with ny irumstne tht reltes to these regultions uring the time the firm ws registere; it must still respon to enquiries me y nother lol uitor in orne with regultion 3.09; isiplinry tion (inluing the imposition of regultory penlty) my still e tken for: 1) ny filure to omply with these regultions uring the time it ws registere; 2) ny filure to omply with ny regultion ontinuing to hve effet notwithstning tht registrtion hs ese; 3) ny filure to keep onfientil ny informtion reeive in the ourse of uit work ICAEW's right to reover ny unpi fees or other mounts ue from firm uner these regultions oes not en when firm is no longer registere. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 16

17 Setion 3: Conut of uit work Inepenene n integrity 3.01 A lol uitor must not ept n ppointment or ontinue s n uitor if the firm hs ny interest likely to onflit with the proper onut of the uit A lol uitor must t in orne with the funmentl priniples set out in the Coe of Ethis, issue y Counil, n the ethil stnrs A lol uitor must onsier its inepenene n ility to perform the uit properly n reor this efore it epts ppointment or reppointment s uitor A lol uitor must not ept or ontinue n uit ppointment of n entity where: e 1 Jnury 2017, V2 f there exists etween the lol uitor n the entity reltionship where the lw prohiits the lol uitor uiting tht entity; the entity is shreholer in the lol uitor; the entity n e influene y shreholer in the lol uitor; the entity is prinipl in the lol uitor; the entity, eing neither shreholer or prinipl in the lol uitor hs the ility to influene the ffirs of the lol uitor; the lol uitor is in position to exerise influene over the entity A lol uitor must lwys onut uit work properly n with integrity A lol uitor must mke rrngements so tht eh prinipl n nyone the firm employs to o uit work or permits to e involve in its uit work is, n ontinues to e, fit n proper person A lol uitor must mke rrngements to prevent nyone who is not key uit prtner in the firm from hving ny influene whih woul e likely to ffet the inepenene or integrity of the uit. Tehnil stnrs 3.08 A lol uitor must omply with the requirements of the At n other relevnt legisltion When lol uitor (the preeessor) eses to hol lol uit ppointment n nother lol uitor (the suessor) is ppointe, the preeessor must, if requeste in writing y the suessor, llow the suessor ess to ll relevnt informtion hel y the preeessor in respet of its uit work. If relevnt informtion is to e sought y the suessor, it shoul e sought n provie in orne with the guine for this regultion. Any informtion otine y the suessor is for the purposes of its uit n must not e islose to thir prty unless the suessor is require to o so y legl or professionl oligtion A lol uitor must omply with the uiting stnrs, the qulity ontrol stnrs n the Coe of Auit Prtie A lol uitor must keep ll uit working ppers, whih uiting stnrs require for n uit, for perio of t lest six yers. The perio strts with the en of the ounting perio to whih the ppers relte A lol uitor must mke rrngements so tht if ny of its uit work is rrie out y nother firm, then: 3.13 [Not use] 3.14 [Not use] ll the uit working ppers rete y tht firm re returne to the lol uitor; or the other firm grees to keep those ppers s require y regultion 3.11 n llows the lol uitor unrestrite ess to the ppers for whtever reson. 17

18 3.15 If lol uitor is ppointe to mjor lol uit lient (or lol uitor eomes wre tht n existing uit lient is now mjor lol uit lient) it must inform the Registrtion Committee in writing s soon s prtile, ut not lter thn 21 usiness ys fter the event, of the nme of the uit lient, unless the Registrtion Committee hs given the lol uitor wiver from ompline with this regultion. Auit Report 3.16 An uit report must: 3.16 A [Not use] Mintining ompetene stte the nme of the firm s it ppers in the Register; inlue the wors lol uitor or lol uitors fter the nme of the firm; n stte the nme of the key uit prtner who ws in hrge of the uit, e signe y this person in his own nme n in the nme of the firm n inlue the wors key uit prtner fter the nme of the key uit prtner A lol uitor must mke rrngements so tht ll prinipls n employees oing uit work re, n ontinue to e, ompetent to rry out the uits for whih they re responsile or employe A lol uitor must mintin n pproprite level of ompetene in the onut of uits A lol uitor must mke sure ll prinipls n employees involve in uit work re wre of n omply with these regultions, the At, ny relevnt rules n regultions issue uner the At n ny proeures estlishe y the firm. Monitoring 3.20 A lol uitor must monitor, t lest one yer, how effetively it is omplying with these regultions n tke tion to el with ny issues foun n ommunite ny hnges in proeures to prinipls n employees on prompt sis Eh lol uitor (other thn sole prtie) must ppoint n uit ompline prinipl. A sole prtitioner will e the uit ompline prinipl. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 18

19 Setion 4: Approprite qulifitions n key uit prtners Key uit prtner 4.01 Sujet to regultion 4.02 n regultion 4.05 the uit ompline prinipl my esignte s key uit prtner ny of the lol uitor s prinipls or employees who: hs n pproprite qulifition; or is uthorise to t s lol uitor pursunt to the Europen Communities (Reognition of Professionl Qulifitions) Regultions 2007; hols n EEA qulifition n hs psse n ptitue test, if require, in orne with prgrph 6 of sheule 10 to the 2006 At; or hols n pprove non-eea qulifition n hs psse n ptitue test, if require, in orne with setions 1219 n 1221 of the 2006 At; is ompetent to onut uit work; n is llowe to sign uit reports in their nme on ehlf of the firm Before prinipl or employee n e esignte s key uit prtner, the iniviul must e: memer of n institute n hol prtising ertifite; memer of ACCA n hol its equivlent of prtising ertifite; or stisfy the Registrtion Committee of similr experiene of uit work s woul e require of memer of ICAEW n hve een grnte either ffilite sttus or lol uit ffilite sttus uner setion 5 of these regultions. Note: for the purposes of this regultion, prtising ertifite is ertifite issue to memer y n Institute uthorising the memer to engge in puli prtie Consultnts n su-ontrtors nnot e esignte s key uit prtners Only key uit prtners n e responsile for n uit n sign n uit report Any esigntion in orne with regultion 4.01 shll not e effetive until pplition hs een me to the Registrtion Committee in form speifie y it n the pplition hs een pprove n the Registrtion Committee my pprove the pplition with onitions or restritions [Not use] 4.07 The isiplinry rrngements of ICAEW will pply to rehes of these regultions y key uit prtner in the sme wy s they pply to rehes y memer. Cesstion of key uit prtner sttus 4.08 Key uit prtner sttus will ese if: the firm in whih the iniviul is key uit prtner eses to e lol uitor; the iniviul eses to e prinipl or employee in the lol uitor to whih the grnt of key uit prtner sttus relte; n event ours whih uner the Royl Chrters, ye-lws or other regultions of ICAEW the iniviul woul ese to e memer, n ffilite or lol uit ffilite; the uit ompline prinipl notifies ICAEW the iniviul is no longer key uit prtner; or e the Registrtion Committee withrws key uit prtner sttus If n iniviul is no longer key uit prtner isiplinry tion (inluing the imposition of regultory penlty) my still e tken for ny filure to keep onfientil ny informtion reeive in the ourse of uit work. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 19

20 Setion 5: Lol uit ffilites Generl For the purposes of regultion 2.03, if prinipl is not: memer of n institute or the ACCA; lol uitor or registere uitor; or n ffilite uner: - the Auit Regultions, DPB Hnook, Insolveny Regultions, the regultions governing the use of the esription Chrtere Aountnts n generl ffilites, or the prote regultions of ICAEW. the person must e lol uit ffilite uner these regultions. If prinipl or employee, who is to e esignte s key uit prtner, is not memer of n institute or the ACCA the person must e either n ffilite or lol uit ffilite uner these regultions A lol uit ffilite n only e responsile for n uit n sign n uit report if esignte s key uit prtner uner regultion Grnting of lol uit ffilite sttus 5.02 Lol uit ffilite sttus oes not give the lol uit ffilite ny rights other thn those ontine in these regultions. A lol uit ffilite must not mke ny puli sttement tht they hve ny suh rights Persons pplying for lol uit ffilite sttus must o so in the mnner tht the Registrtion Committee eies The Registrtion Committee my grnt lol uit ffilite sttus if the ommittee is stisfie tht the pplint: is fit n proper person to e grnte lol uit ffilite sttus; hs gree to omply with these regultions; hs gree to oserve n uphol the ICAEW Coe of Ethis; n hs gree to provie the ICAEW with ll the informtion it requires The Registrtion Committee my: grnt the pplition; rejet the pplition; grnt the pplition sujet to restritions or onitions; or postpone onsiertion of the pplition. Withrwl of lol uit ffilite sttus 5.06 The Registrtion Committee my withrw person's lol uit ffilite sttus if, in the opinion of the ommittee, the lol uit ffilite: e is no longer fit n proper person; hs file to py on time ny fines or osts orere y the Registrtion Committee, Review Committee, Disiplinry Committee, Appel Committee or y ny ommittee ppointe uner the Disiplinry Sheme; eomes sujet to eision y the Disiplinry Committee tht they shoul no longer e lol uit ffilite; fils to py the nnul fee within 30 ys of the te of notie to renew lol uit ffilite sttus; or fils or eses to omply with ny of these regultions n, in the irumstnes, withrwl is justifie. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 20

21 Cesstion of lol uit ffilite sttus 5.07 Lol uit ffilite sttus will en if: the firm in whih the lol uit ffilite is prinipl eses to e lol uitor, exept where regultion 5.08 pplies; the lol uit ffilite eses to e prinipl in the lol uitor to whih the grnt of lol uit ffilite sttus relte, exept where regultion 5.08 pplies; the lol uit ffilite is n iniviul n n event ours whih uner the Royl Chrters, ye-lws or other regultions of ICAEW woul use the memership of memer to ese; or the lol uit ffilite is oy orporte whih: 1) hs een the sujet of n effetive resolution psse y the shreholers (or in the se of limite liility prtnership, y its memers) for it to e woun up or hs h wining-up orer me ginst it on grouns of insolveny; or 2) hs h n ministrtion orer me ginst it on grouns of insolveny; or 3) hs h reeiver ppointe y reitor or y ourt on the pplition of reitor Lol uit ffilite sttus will not en uner regultion 5.07 or 5.07 if: the firm in whih the lol uit ffilite is prinipl merges with or is quire y nother lol uitor registere y ICAEW; or the lol uit ffilite leves the lol uitor in whih he is prinipl n immeitely eomes prinipl in nother lol uitor registere y ICAEW. This regultion will only pply if ICAEW is notifie in writing within ten usiness ys of the hnge ourring. Chnges in irumstnes 5.09 A lol uit ffilite or the uit ompline prinipl must notify ICAEW in writing within ten usiness ys of ny hnges tht re relevnt to the mtters onsiere y the Registrtion Committee uner regultion 5.04, inluing etils of ny voluntry insolveny rrngement tht the lol uit ffilite hs entere into. Review of regultory eisions 5.10 A lol uit ffilite my pply for review of eision me uner regultion 5.05 or 5.06 using the sme proeures s firm in setion 8. Implementtion of eisions 5.11 A eision me uner regultion 5.05 will ome into effet s soon s notie of it is serve on the lol uit ffilite. A eision me uner regultion 5.06 will ome into effet ten usiness ys fter notie of it is serve on the lol uit ffilite, exept tht: Fees if the lol uit ffilite hs pplie for review uner regultion 8.05, or hering uner regultion 8.15, the eision will not tke effet until eision uner regultion 8.06 or 8.16 hs een put into effet; or if the lol uit ffilite ppele uner regultion 8.08 or 8.19, the eision will not tke effet until n Appel Committee eision uner regultion 8.09 or 8.20 hs een put into effet A lol uit ffilite must py n nnul fee t the time n t the rte set y ICAEW. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 21

22 5.13 The first nnul fee is ue when n pplition is me for lol uit ffilite sttus. An pplition fee is lso ue with this first nnul fee. Disiplinry rrngements 5.14 The isiplinry rrngements of ICAEW will pply to rehes of these regultions y lol uit ffilite in the sme wy s they pply to rehes y memer A lol uit ffilite will e lile to isiplinry tion uner these regultions for ny filure to oserve n uphol the funmentl priniples set out in the Coe of Ethis issue y Counil A lol uit ffilite will remin lile to isiplinry tion uner these regultions for ny ts or omissions uring the perio in whih lol uit ffilite sttus ws hel, even if no longer lol uit ffilite. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 22

23 Setion 6: The ommittees Registrtion Committee 6.01 The Registrtion Committee must: omprise t lest eight people; hve non-ountnts forming t lest hlf of its memership; n hve quorum of four memers of whih two must e ountnts n two nonountnts Sujet to the uitor sntions proeure, the Registrtion Committee is responsile for: grnting registrtion; grnting registrtion sujet to restritions or onitions; rejeting pplitions for registrtion; withrwing registrtion; e suspening registrtion; f imposing restritions or onitions it onsiers pproprite on how lol uitor rries out uit work; g proposing regultory penlty it onsiers pproprite to lol uitor; h grnting or refusing ispenstion from the requirements of regultion 2.02 or regultion 2.03; i reviewing the returns n reports me uner these regultions, n investigting filure to mke returns or reports; j mking pproprite enquiries into the eligiility of pplints for: registrtion; key uit prtner sttus; or lol uit ffilite sttus (y writing, visiting the offie or offies of firm, or in ny other wy); k mking pproprite enquiries to onfirm tht lol uitor, key uit prtner; n ffilite or lol uit ffilite is omplying with these regultions (y writing, visiting firm's offie or offies, using perioi return, or in ny other wy); l pulishing, in ny mnner it eies, its orers or eisions if it onsiers this pproprite; m ompiling n mintining the Register ; n grnting pplitions for key uit prtner sttus, with or without restritions or onitions or rejeting suh pplitions; o withrwing key uit prtner sttus; n p implementing eisions in orne with sntions issue ginst firm or n iniviul etermine uner the uitor sntions proeure Exept where regultion 6.04 pplies, the Registrtion Committee my elegte its uties to su-ommittees, ICAEW stff, monitoring unit, or nother uly ppointe gent If the mtters to e onsiere y the Registrtion Committee inlue: - rejeting pplitions for registrtion uner regultion 2.05; - grnting pplitions for registrtion sujet to restritions uner regultion 2.05; - rejeting pplitions for key uit prtner sttus uner regultion 4.05; - grnting pplitions for key uit prtner sttus sujet to restritions uner regultion 4.05; - withrwing key uit prtner sttus uner regultion 4.08e; - rejeting pplitions for lol uit ffilite sttus uner regultion 5.05; - grnting pplitions for lol uit ffilite sttus sujet to restritions uner regultion 5.05; - withrwing lol uit ffilite sttus uner regultion 5.06 or 5.06e; - imposing restritions on registrtion uner regultion 7.01; - withrwing registrtion uner regultions 7.03, 7.03g, 7.03h, or 7.03i; - suspening firm's registrtion uner regultion 7.04; or 1 Jnury 2017, V2 23

24 - proposing regultory penlty uner regultion 7.11 or 9.02; then: the ommittee nnot elegte the eision; t lest one hlf of the ommittee memers present must e ountnts; n t lest one memer of the ommittee present must not e n ountnt When the Registrtion Committee hs to eie if lol uitor hs omplie with regultion, uiting stnr, qulity ontrol stnr or Coe of Auit Prtie it must onsier ny relevnt guine in the regultions, stnrs, prtie notes n ny guine tht ompnies the Coe of Auit Prtie or ny issue y Counil In rrying out its responsiilities uner regultion 6.02, the Registrtion Committee, ny su-ommittee, ICAEW stff, or monitoring unit my, to the extent neessry for the review of firm s uit work or how it is omplying or intens to omply with these regultions, require lol uitor or n pplint for registrtion to provie ny informtion, hel in whtever form (inluing eletroni), out the firm or its lients n to llow ess to the firm s systems n personnel The Registrtion Committee my, for the purposes of these regultions, tret s uit work ny work rrie out y lol uitor if suh sttus is requirement for tht work All informtion otine uner regultion 6.06 will e onfientil ut my e islose y ICAEW or monitoring unit (iretly or iniretly) to ny person or oy unertking regultory, isiplinry or lw enforement responsiilities for the purpose of ssisting tht person or oy to unertke those responsiilities or s otherwise require or llowe y lw A firm whih is no longer lol uitor will ontinue to e sujet to regultions 6.02j, 6.02k n 6.06 if the enquiries or informtion relte to ny perio in whih the firm ws registere In rrying out its responsiilities uner regultion 6.02, the Registrtion Committee my onsier ny isiplinry finings, orers, on-going investigtions or ny other informtion onerning or ffeting the fit n proper sttus of ny key uit prtner, lol uit ffilite or pplint for lol uit ffilite sttus, the firm or its prinipls. In prtiulr the Registrtion Committee my tke into ount the following: ny mtter relting to ny iniviul who is or will e employe y or ssoite with the firm in onnetion with uit work; in the se of firm tht is prtnership, ny mtter relting to ny: 1) prtner; 2) iretor or ontroller of ny of the prtners; 3) oy orporte in the sme group s of ny of the prtners; or 4) ny ontroller of ny suh oy; if prinipl in the firm is oy orporte, ny mtter relting to ny: 1) prinipl or ontroller of tht oy orporte; 2) oy orporte in the sme group s the oy orporte; or 3) prinipl or ontroller of ny oy orporte in tht group; n in the se of firm tht is oy orporte, ny mtter relting to ny: 1) prinipl or ontroller of tht firm; 2) person hving ny interest in shres of the firm; 3) oy orporte in the sme group s the firm; or 4) iretors or ontrollers of ny oy orporte in tht group. Note; for the purposes of this regultion: - ontroller is person who, lone or with ny ssoite or ssoites, is entitle to exerise or ontrol 15% or more of the rights to vote on ll or sustntilly ll mtters t generl meetings of oy orporte, or of nother oy orporte of whih it is susiiry unertking. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 24

25 - n ssoite is, in reltion to n entity, nother entity in whih it hols n interest on long-term sis for the purpose of seuring ontriution to its own tivities y the exerise of ontrol or influene rising from or relte to tht interest, or whih hols suh n interest in it. A holing of 20% or more is presume to rete n ssoite reltionship. - group is orporte prtie, ny prent or susiiry unertkings n ny prent or susiiry unertkings of ny of them. Notifition to ommittees 6.11 The Registrtion Committee must notify the Investigtion Committee out ny ft or mtter whih: suggests tht lol uitor, memer, ffilite or lol uit ffilite my e lile to isiplinry tion uner these regultions, the ye-lws or ny other regultions of ICAEW; n in the opinion of the Registrtion Committee nees to e investigte The Investigtion Committee must inform the Registrtion Committee out ny ft or mtter whih ppers to it to e relevnt to the powers n uties of the Registrtion Committee uner these regultions. Review Committee 6.13 Certin mtters eie y the Registrtion Committee my e onsiere fresh y the Review Committee (s esrie in regultion 8.06). It my then rry out ny of the responsiilities of the Registrtion Committee uner regultion 6.02 n my mke ny orer tht the Registrtion Committee my mke. In rrying out these uties, regultion 6.06 pplies to the Review Committee s it pplies to the Registrtion Committee. Appel Committee 6.14 Appels ginst eisions of the Review Committee will e eie y the Appel Committee. Proeures of the ommittees 6.15 When onsiering ny mtter efore it, the Registrtion Committee, the Review Committee or the Appel Committee shll, for the purposes of these regultions, ept ny previous isiplinry fining, onvition, eision, sentene or jugement (inluing riminl n ivil ourt eisions) s onlusive eviene of tht prior mtter Sujet to the At, the ye-lws or these regultions, the Registrtion Committee, the Review Committee or the Appel Committee my, in rrying out their uties uner these regultions, eie on their own proeures. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 25

26 Setion 7: Regultory tion Sntions uner the uitor sntions proeure 7.00 Where, pursunt to n inspetion y its monitoring unit of firm whih performs sttutory uit funtions in respet of mjor lol uits, the FRC hs etermine sntion in orne with the uitor sntions proeure, ny suh sntion shll tke effet in orne with the si proeure ut shll e trete for the purposes of enforement s though it h een etermine y ICAEW. 7.00A The uitor sntions proeure shll pply in respet of ny firm whih performs lol uit funtions in respet of mjor lol uits n is sujet to monitoring y the FRC. Restritions n onitions 7.01 The Registrtion Committee my impose restritions or onitions on lol uitor if it onsiers tht: e ny of the irumstnes mentione in regultion 7.03 to 7.03f exist, or my exist, n the restritions or onitions re justifie; the firm hs not or my not hve omplie with these regultions in the pst, n the restritions or onitions re justifie; the firm my not omply with these regultions n the restritions or onitions re justifie; eing registere or ontinuing uit work without restritions or onitions oul versely ffet n uit lient or ny other person; or it is pproprite to o so to ensure tht uit work is unertken, supervise n mnge effetively The Registrtion Committee my t ny time vry or en restrition or onition me uner regultion Where restrition or onition ws me uner the uitor sntions proeure n the firm hs susequently ese to perform mjor lol uits, the Registrtion Committee my t ny time vry or en tht restrition or onition fter onsulting with the FRC. Withrwl of registrtion 7.03 The Registrtion Committee my withrw firm's registrtion if: e f g h i it onsiers tht the firm no longer meets one or more of the eligiility requirements of regultions 2.02 or 2.03 (itionl riteri for firms tht re not sole prties); it onsiers tht the firm is not omplying with the PII regultions; the firm is over 30 ys lte sumitting the require returns or reports; the firm hs not pi the registrtion fees ue uner regultion 2.13 or hrge ue uner regultion 2.15 (hrge for monitoring visit) within 60 ys of the te of n invoie uner regultion 2.16; the firm hs not pi the osts in the time set y the Review Committee uner regultion 8.07; the firm hs not pi in the time set ny fines or osts orere y the Investigtion Committee, the Disiplinry Committee, or the Appel Committee or uner the uitor sntions proeure, or uner the FRC s enforement proeure; it onsiers tht the firm hs not omplie with ny restrition or onition uner regultion 7.01 or ny written unertking tht the firm hs given to ICAEW; it onsiers tht the firm hs not omplie with ny other regultion n, in the irumstnes, withrwl is justifie; it onsiers tht the ontinue registrtion of the firm my versely ffet n uit lient or ny other person; or 1 Jnury 2017, V2 26

27 j it onsiers tht the firm hs not omplie with ny restrition, onition or oligtion impose uner the uitor sntions proeure. Suspension 7.04 The Registrtion Committee my suspen lol uitor's registrtion for perio if it onsiers tht: ny of the irumstnes mentione in regultion 7.03 to 7.03g exists or my exist; the firm is, or my, no longer e omplying with these regultions; or the ontinution of the firm's uit tivities oul versely ffet n uit lient or ny other person During perio of suspension lol uitor: nee not resign from ny ppointment s uitor uner the At; my ept re-ppointment s uitor; must not ept ny new ppointments; n my only sign uit reports with the permission of the Registrtion Committee The Registrtion Committee my vry or en suspension me uner regultion Where suspension ws me uner the uitor sntions proeure n the firm hs susequently ese to perform mjor lol uits, the Registrtion Committee my t ny time vry or en tht suspension fter onsulting with the FRC. Urgent orers 7.07 The Registrtion Committee my impose restritions or onitions or suspen firm's registrtion in the terms permitte y regultion 7.01 or 7.04 y mens of n urgent orer if it onsiers tht there is nee to o so Regultion 7.07 is sujet to the Registrtion Committee llowing the firm n opportunity to mke orl or written representtions within ten usiness ys of the urgent orer eing me. Hving onsiere ny representtions the ommittee my: en the orer; or ontinue the orer. Implementtion of ommittee eisions n orers 7.09 A eision me uner regultions 2.05, 2.18, 4.05, 7.04, 7.07 or 8.09 will ome into effet s soon s notie of it is serve on the firm A eision me uner regultions 7.01, 7.03 or 4.08e will ome into effet ten usiness ys fter notie of it is serve on the firm or key uit prtner or ny lter time tht the ommittee speifies, exept: if firm or key uit prtner hs pplie for review or hering uner regultion 8.05, the orer will e postpone until n orer uner regultion 8.06 hs een put into effet; or if firm or key uit prtner hs ppele uner regultion 8.08 or 8.19, the orer will e postpone until n Appel Committee orer uner regultion 8.09 hs een put into effet. 1 Jnury 2017, V2 27