Corporations Act 2001
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Hide history noteNote: This Subdivision applies in relation to retail CCIVs in a modified form: see section 1232P .
A person contravenes this section if:
(a) the person ceases to be:
(i) a member of an audit firm; or
at a particular time (the departure time ); and
(ii) a director of an audit company;
(b) at any time before the departure time, the audit firm or audit company has engaged in an audit of an audited body; and
(c) the person was a professional member of the audit team for the audit; and
(d) within the period of 2 years starting on the date the report under section 308 or 309 was made on the latest audit to which paragraphs (b) and (c) apply, the person becomes, or continues to be, an officer of the audited body; and
(e) subsection 324CH(3A) (about small proprietary companies) does not apply to the audited body for the most recently ended financial year.
If the audited body is a listed entity (other than a registered scheme), apply paragraph (d) as if references in that paragraph to the audited body included references to a related body corporate of the audited body.
[ CCH Note: Act No 101 of 2007, Sch 1, Pt 6 [ 235] contained the following application provision (which was effective 28 June 2007):
]Application of items 60, 61 and 62
The amendments made by items 60, 61 and 62 apply to any person who ceases to be:
(a) a member of an audit firm; or (b) a director of an audit company; or (c) a professional employee of an audit company; whether the person so ceases before or after the day on which those items commence.
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