CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 - SECT 324AA Individual auditors, audit firms and authorised audit companies

CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 - SECT 324AA

  (1)   Subject to this Part, the following may be appointed as auditor for a company or a registered scheme for the purposes of this Act:

  (a)   an individual;

  (b)   a firm;

  (c)   a company.

The company or registered scheme may have more than one auditor.

  (2)   Subject to this Part, the following may be appointed as auditor for a registrable superannuation entity for the purposes of this Chapter:

  (a)   an individual;

  (b)   a firm;

  (c)   a company.

The entity may only have one auditor.

Note:   In addition to audit requirements under this Chapter, a registrable superannuation entity has audit requirements under the RSE licensee law. Subsection   35AC(8) of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 provides that the RSE licensee for a registrable superannuation entity must ensure that the auditor of the entity for the purposes of the RSE licensee law is the individual, firm or company that is the auditor of the entity for the purposes of this Chapter.