C11C6C16C5C18C17C15C4Part 16Audit
Pt. 16 excluded (8.4.2020) by Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019 (c. 27), s. 14(2)(3), Sch. 2 para. 9(9)
Pt. 16 excluded (S.) (26.11.2020) by The Companies Act 2006 (Scottish public sector companies to be audited by the Auditor General for Scotland) Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/402), arts. 1(1), 3
Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))
Pt. 16 excluded (S.) (10.3.2021) by The Companies Act 2006 (Scottish public sector companies to be audited by the Auditor General for Scotland) Order 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/129), arts. 1(1), 3
Pt. 16 excluded (S.) (15.6.2022) by The Companies Act 2006 (Scottish public sector companies to be audited by the Auditor General for Scotland) Order 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/207), arts. 1(1), 3
Pt. 16 excluded (S.) (30.10.2022) by The Companies Act 2006 (Scottish public sector companies to be audited by the Auditor General for Scotland) (No. 2) Order 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/308), arts. 1(1), 3
Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2
C1C2C10C7C5C8C9C14C13 Chapter 1Requirement for audited accounts
Pt. 16 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2008) by The Bank Accounts Directive (Miscellaneous Banks) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/567), reg. 4, Sch. para. 1 (with Sch. para. 11)
Pt. 16 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2008) by The Partnerships (Accounts) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/569), regs. 4, 7, Sch. Pt. 1
Pt. 16 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2008/565, reg. 3 (as substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 2(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Statutory Auditors Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1164), reg. 1(2)(3), Sch. 2 para. 3 (with reg. 2(6)(7)))
Pt. 16 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (1.10.2018) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1030), regs. 1(2), 9(4)-(8)
Pt. 16 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (6.4.2022) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/121), regs. 1, 9(4)-(8)
Pt. 16 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (3.10.2022) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/234), regs. 1, 9(4)-(8)
Pt. 16 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.4.2023) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/59), regs. 1, 9(5)(a)
Pt. 16 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (29.9.2023) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/148), regs. 1, 9(4)-(8)
Exemption from audit: small companies
C12C3477Small companies: conditions for exemption from audit
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A company that F1qualifies as a small company in relation to a financial year is exempt from the requirements of this Act relating to the audit of accounts for that year.
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For the purposes of this section—
a
whether a company qualifies as a small company shall be determined in accordance with section 382(1) to (6), F3. . .
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This section has effect subject to—
section 475(2) and (3) (requirements as to statements to be contained in balance sheet),
section 476 (right of members to require audit),
section 478 (companies excluded from small companies exemption), and
section 479 (availability of small companies exemption in case of group company).
Pt. 16 applied (with modifications) (8.12.2017) by The Risk Transformation Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1212), regs. 1(2), 162, 163 (with reg. 189)