Singapore legislation
Clause 11
Clause 11
Amendment of section 20
Section 20 of the Accountants Act is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) An applicant for approval by the Oversight Committee of —
(a)
a company or proposed company as an accounting corporation;
(b)
a firm or proposed firm as an accounting firm;
(c)
a limited liability partnership or proposed limited liability partnership as an accounting LLP; or
(d)
the name or a change in the name of an accounting corporation, accounting firm or accounting LLP,may, within 30 days after the Oversight Committee’s decision under section 17, 18, 18A or 19, as the case may be, is communicated to the applicant, appeal to the Minister against the decision of the Oversight Committee.”.