Corporations Act 2001
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324AC(1)
This section deals with the situation in which: (a) a firm is appointed as auditor of a company, registered scheme or registrable superannuation entity; and (b) the firm is reconstituted because of either or both of the following:
(i) the death, retirement or withdrawal of a member or members; or
(ii) the admission of a new member or new members.
Retiring or withdrawing member
324AC(2)
A person who: (a) is taken under subsection 324AB(1) to be an auditor of the company; and (b) retires or withdraws from the firm as previously constituted as mentioned in subparagraph (1)(b)(i) of this section;
is taken to resign as auditor of the company as from the day of his or her retirement or withdrawal.
324AC(3)
Section 329 does not apply to the resignation that is taken to occur under subsection (2) unless: (a) the person who is taken to have resigned was the only member of the firm who was a registered company auditor; and (b) there is no member of the firm who is a registered company auditor after that person retires or withdraws from the firm.
New member
324AC(4)
A person who: (a) is a registered company auditor; and (b) is admitted to the firm as mentioned in subparagraph (1)(b)(ii) ;
is taken to have been appointed as an auditor of the company, registered scheme or registrable superannuation entity as from the day of his or her admission to the firm.
Appointments of continuing members not affected
324AC(5)
The reconstitution of the firm does not affect the appointment of the continuing members of the firm who are registered company auditors as auditors of the company, registered scheme or registrable superannuation entity.
324AC(6)
Nothing in this section affects the operation of section 324BB .
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