Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997
If APRA is of the opinion that an approved auditor:
(a) has failed, whether within or outside Australia, to carry out or perform adequately and properly:
(i) the duties of an auditor under this Act or the regulations; or
(ii) any duties required by a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory to be carried out or performed by an auditor; or
(iii) any functions that an auditor is entitled to perform in relation to this Act or the regulations or the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 ; or
(b) is otherwise not a fit and proper person to be an approved auditor for the purposes of this Act;
APRA may refer the details of the matter to the persons specified in subsection (2).
Note:
Persons to whom APRA refers the details of the matter are subject to secrecy obligations under section 56 of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998 . In particular, see paragraph (c) of the definition of officer in subsection 56(1), and subsections 56(2), (9) and (10), of that Act.
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Hide history noteThe persons specified in relation to an approved auditor for the purposes of subsection (1) are those members of the auditor ' s professional association whom APRA believes will be involved:
(a) in deciding whether the professional association should take any disciplinary or other action against the auditor in respect of the matter referred; or
(b) in taking that action.
The power of APRA under subsection (1) may be exercised whether or not an order disqualifying the auditor has been made under section 67 .
If, under this section, APRA refers details of a matter involving an approved auditor, APRA must, as soon as practicable but, in any event, not later than 7 days after the referral, by notice in writing given to the auditor, inform the auditor:
(a) of the fact that a matter has been referred under subsection (1); and
(b) of the nature of the matter so referred.
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