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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/649",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016",
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  "number": "12",
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  "text": "After section 494 (disclosure of services provided by auditor or associates and related remuneration) insert—\n“Interpretation\n494A In this Chapter—\n“audit committee” means a body which performs the functions referred to in Article 39(6) of the Audit Directive or equivalent functions;\n“Audit Directive” means Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts, amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC and repealing Council Directive 84/253/EEC ;\n“Auditor General” means—\n(a)the Comptroller and Auditor General,\n(b)the Auditor General for Scotland,\n(c)the Auditor General for Wales, or\n(d)the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland;\n“issuer” has the same meaning as in Part 6 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (see section 102A(6) );\n“network” means an association of persons other than a firm co-operating in audit work by way of—\n(a)profit-sharing;\n(b)cost sharing;\n(c)common ownership, control or management;\n(d)common quality control policies and procedures;\n(e)common business strategy; or\n(f)use of a common name;\n“public interest company” means—\n(a)an issuer whose transferable securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market;\n(b)a credit institution within the meaning given by Article 4(1)(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council , other than one listed in Article 2 of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on access to the activity of credit institutions and investment firms ;\n(c)an insurance undertaking within the meaning given by Article 2(1) of Council Directive 1991/674/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of insurance undertakings ;\n“regulated market” has the same meaning as in Part 6 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (see section 103(1) );\n“transferable securities” means anything which is a transferable security for the purposes of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments .”.",
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      "text": "OJ L 157/87 09.06.06. This Directive was amended by Directives 2008/30/EC, 2013/34/EU and 2014/56/EU."
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      "text": "O.J. L176 27.06.2013, p.1-337."
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      "text": "O.J. L176 27.06.2013, p. 338-436."
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      "text": "O.J. L374 31.12.1991 p. 7-31."
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      "label": "M7",
      "text": "Section 103 was substituted by S.I. 2005/1433 and amended by paragraphs 1 and 11 of Schedule 15 to the Companies Act 2006 (c. 46). There are other amendments but none is relevant."
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      "text": "O.J. L145 30.04.2004, p. 1-44."
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