# The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors (Amendment) Regulations 2026, Regulation 2: Amendments to the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019


(1) The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 2 (approval of third country competent authorities), in Table 3—
(a) omit the entry for “The Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China”;
(b) omit the entry for “The Securities Regulatory Commission of the People's Republic of China”;
(c) after the entry for “The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets” insert—
“
New Zealand Financial Markets Authority
”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/431/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-auditors-and-third-country-auditors-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-2
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

