Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009
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Amendment of Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003. |
4.— (1) Section 27 of the Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003 is amended— | |
(a) by substituting the following for subsection (1): | ||
“(1) The Supervisory Authority may delegate some or all of its functions and powers under sections 23 to 26 to a committee established for that purpose and consisting of persons from one or more of the following categories of persons: | ||
(a) persons who are, at the time the committee is established, directors of the Authority, | ||
(b) other persons that the Authority considers appropriate.”, | ||
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(b) by inserting in subsection (4) “, including the determination of whether a matter should be referred to a committee established for a purpose referred to in subsection (1)” after “behalf”. | ||
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, a committee that was established under subsection (1) of section 27 of the Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003 prior to the commencement of section 4 of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 shall be deemed to have been properly constituted, and shall be deemed to have and to have had all the powers necessary to perform its functions notwithstanding that any of its members was a director when he or she was appointed to the committee but ceased to be such a director before the completion of the enquiry, investigation or review for which it was established. |