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The Companies (Bodies Concerned with Auditing Standards etc.) (Exemption from Liability) Regulations 2016

S.I. 2016/571 · Made 10 May 2016 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Companies

Made 10th May 2016

Laid before Parliament 10th May 2016

Coming into force 1st June 2016

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18A(1) and (3) of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 M1, makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

2004 c. 27. Section 18A was inserted by section 38 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26); see section 18A(5) for the definition of “specified”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Exemption from liability
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Bodies Concerned with Auditing Standards etc.) (Exemption from Liability) Regulations 2016, and come into force on 1st June 2016.

2Exemption from liability

(1)

The exemption from liability in subsections (3) and (4) of section 18A (power to confer exemption from liability) of the Act applies to—

(a)

the Financial Reporting Council Limited, F1...

(b)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

in accordance with F2paragraph (2) .

(2)

The section 16(2) activities M1 which are specified under section 18A(3) of the Act in relation to the exemption from liability provided for under paragraph (1)(a) are the activities within F3subsection 2(a) to (t) of section 16 (grants to bodies concerned with accounting standards etc) of the Act.

F4(3)

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(4)

In this regulation “the Act” means the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004.

Signature

Neville-Rolfe

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations grant, to the Financial Reporting Council Limited and the Conduct Committee of that body, exemption from liability in damages in respect of certain activities that they carry out (or purport to carry out) for the purposes of, or in connection with, setting and monitoring the issue of, and compliance with, auditing standards for companies.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on business, charities, voluntary bodies or the public sector.

An explanatory memorandum is available alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.