Regulation 98 I1

for paragraph 1, substitute—

“(1)

Where the competent authority delegates any of the competent authority's tasks to a recognised supervisory body under regulation 3 of the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016, this must not include tasks related to—

(a)

the quality assurance system referred to in Article 26;

(b)

investigations carried out under powers in the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016 arising from that quality assurance system or from a referral by another authority; and

(c)

the imposition of sanctions and the taking of measures under regulations 5 to 8 of the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016 related to the quality assurance reviews or investigation of statutory audits of public interest entities.”;

in paragraph 3, omit the second subparagraph;

omit paragraph 4.