Introductory text

COMPANIES

Made 11th March 2005

Laid before Parliament 16th March 2005

Coming into force 6th April 2005

Whereas it appears to the Secretary of State that the Financial Reporting Review Panel is a person:

(a)

having an interest in, and having satisfactory procedures directed to securing, compliance by companies with the accounting requirements of the Companies Act 1985^f1;

(b)

having satisfactory procedures for receiving and investigating complaints about the annual accounts of companies; and

(c)

otherwise being a fit and proper person to be authorised, who will exercise his functions as an authorised person in accordance with the requirements of this Order:

Now therefore the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 245C(1), (4A) and (5) of the Companies Act 1985^f2, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1985 c. 6.
f2: Section 245C was inserted by sections 1 and 12 of the Companies Act 1989 (c. 40) and amended by section 10 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (c. 27).