C7C6C9C5C11C10C4Part 16Audit

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C5Chapter 3Functions of auditor

Duties and rights of auditors

C1C2C3C8 498A F1Auditor's duties in relation to separate corporate governance statement

Where the company is required to prepare a corporate governance statement in respect of a financial year and no such statement is included in the directors' report—

a

the company's auditor, in preparing his report on the company's annual accounts for that year, must ascertain whether a corporate governance statement has been prepared, and

b

if it appears to the auditor that no such statement has been prepared, he must state that fact in his report.