Securities and Futures Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Organised Markets
31B. Power of Authority to appoint auditor to examine and audit books of approved exchange
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Where —
an approved exchange is required under section 19 to submit to the Authority an auditor’s report but fails to do so; or
the Authority receives a report under section 31A(1),the Authority may, without affecting its powers under section 31, if it is satisfied that it is in the interests of the approved exchange, the participants of the approved exchange or the general public to do so, appoint in writing an auditor to examine and audit (either generally or in relation to any particular matter) the books of the approved exchange.
Where the Authority is of the opinion that the whole or any part of the costs and expenses of an auditor appointed by the Authority under subsection (1) should be borne by the approved exchange, the Authority may, in writing, direct the approved exchange to pay a specified amount, being the whole or part of such costs and expenses, within such time and in such manner as may be specified in the direction.
Where an approved exchange fails to comply with a direction under subsection (2), the amount specified in the direction may be sued for and recovered by the Authority as a civil debt.
approved exchange
“approved exchange” means a corporation that is approved by the Authority under section 9(1)(a) as an approved exchange;
An auditor appointed under subsection (1) must, on the conclusion of the examination and audit, submit a report to the Authority.
auditor
“auditor” means a public accountant who is registered or deemed to be registered under the Accountants Act 2004 and, in Division 1 of Part 13, when used in relation to an entity not being a company, includes —(a)a person who is duly registered, licensed, approved or otherwise authorised to practise as an auditor (such practice to include the issue of any opinion, report or other document on the audit of any financial statement) —(i)under the laws of the place where the entity is formed or constituted; or(ii)under the laws of the place of his or her practice, if the auditing standards that are or will be applied to the financial statements of the entity are —(A)auditing standards commonly applied in that place; or(B)international auditing standards (by whatever name called); or(b)such other person as the Authority may approve in any particular case to be an auditor for such entity;