Corporations Act 2001

CHAPTER 2M - FINANCIAL REPORTS, SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS AND AUDIT  

PART 2M.4 - APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF AUDITORS  

Division 3 - Auditor independence  

Subdivision B - Specific requirements  

Note: This Subdivision applies in relation to retail CCIVs in a modified form: see section 1232P .

SECTION 324CI  

324CI   SPECIAL RULE FOR RETIRING PARTNERS OF AUDIT FIRMS AND RETIRING DIRECTORS OF AUTHORISED AUDIT COMPANIES  

A person contravenes this section if:

(a) the person ceases to be:

(i) a member of an audit firm; or

(ii) a director of an audit company;

at a particular time (the departure time ); and

(b) at any time before the departure time, the audit firm or audit company has engaged in an audit of an audited body; and

(c) the person was a professional member of the audit team for the audit; and

(d) within the period of 2 years starting on the date the report under section 308 or 309 was made on the latest audit to which paragraphs (b) and (c) apply, the person becomes, or continues to be, an officer of the audited body; and

(e) subsection 324CH(3A) (about small proprietary companies) does not apply to the audited body for the most recently ended financial year.

If the audited body is a listed entity (other than a registered scheme), apply paragraph (d) as if references in that paragraph to the audited body included references to a related body corporate of the audited body.